I won Elise's yummy Candy! :-)

Hi Everyone!  I've no card to show today but I wanted to share my joy with you! Because I was the lucky one who won Elise's YUMMY candy! YAY! Huuuge thanks again Elise!!!!!!! *hugs* :-D

And I also have a picture for you of all the awesome stuff I won ;-)  Here it is:

Isn't that just fantastic? Oh I can't wait to start creating with it. Though it has to wait a little longer because we decided yesterday to paint our house and pool deck. So it will be a busy weekend again *LOL*  

I hope you all are having a great weekend and can enjoy your activities!!! The weather here is supposed to be GREAT with temps in the upper 80's! Woohoo!

Big hugs and thanks for stopping by!

Blog Hop Reminder & Tiny Sneak Peek

Hello all! I just want to remind you of the Blog Hop we are having at Belles 'n Whistles tomorrow!!! YAY! It's going to be HUGE as Summer is releasing 12, yes twelve (!) new images! And they are all to die for cute, I can tell ya that! OMG! Well what other to expect if the designer is no one less than the utterly amazing Elisabeth Bell! :-) And to keep you in even more suspense here is another tiny sneak peek of one of the images I prepared for tomorrows hop :-)

And don't forget it is still time to participate in our pre-hop challenge 'Where do they live?' See all the details,  what amazing prize you can win and how to enter on our Belles 'n Whistles Blog! Hope to see you there and hope you are hopping with us tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Special Belles 'n Whistles Challenge - Where Do They Live?

Hi Everyone and Happy Saturday! I don't have any card or project to show to you today! And the Challenge Summer put up on the Belles 'n Whistles blog is a little bit different from the normal craft challenges...LOL but I have to say it is soooo much fun! But before I explain all the details let me tell you that by participating you could win a SUPER prize. And there will be not only one but 2 winners!!! If you are a reader of our Belles 'n Whistles blog than you are already aware that we are having a new release very soon and it is a BIG one too! There are a DOZEN new images to be released!!!! Wow how cool is that? And they are all 'to die for' cute!!!! :-D That is how much I can tell you so far...... ;-)

Ok and now the details. This is what Summer has to say about the challenge:

"For this special Belles 'n Whistles challenge, I wanna see all the different places that Belles 'n Whistles stamps reside. Uh huh....I don't want a card or craft project, I want a view! I want to see a glimpse of your craftroom, your home, your village or town...be creative! 

I'll run this challenge through the release day (next week sometime...), with one random winner and one specially selected winner being chosen and announced with the new release. These two lucky winners will each receive a new set of the freshest Belles 'n Whistles stamps! ;D

So the details to pay attention to:

1) Show me a view! Where do your Belles 'n Whistles stamps live?

2) Show me a Belles 'n Whistles stamp inside this photographic view.

3) Post your creative pic on your blog, being sure to link back to our Belles 'n Whistles challenge here...so that people don't think you are nuts! 

What a great idea Summer had with this challenge! And to show you a sample I took a few pics of where and with whom ;-) my Belles 'n Whistles stamps live. I do live in Cocoa, Florida and it would be great if I could show you one of the Belles 'n Whistles stamps on one of our beautiful beaches but unfortunately it was raining the whole day yesterday and I had no time today to go to the beach. Therefore I had to take the photos at home :

Of course in my craft room! Here on my desk:

On my patio:

 And not to forget together with us and our two dogs...here is one of  'em!
It's Coco and she loves the Belles 'n Whistles stamps! ;-)

I hope you come and join us for this fun challenge on our Belles 'n Whistles blog! We'd LOVE to see where your Belles 'n Whistles stamps live! Can't wait to check out all your photos! And don't forget there is the chance of a GREAT prize!!!

Thanks for stopping by and visiting my blog today!

Love & Hugs,

Merry Christmas - Froehliche Weihnachten

Merry Christmas to you all my dear blogging friends! I wish everyone a bright and joyful Christmas. Hope you can enjoy the holidays with family and friends and have a merry time. Today I have no card for you but a Christmas Cheer Recipe:

Frohe Weihnachten meine lieben Blogger Freunde! Ich wuensche Euch allen eine gesegnete Weihnachtszeit mit Familie und Freunden. Heute habe ich keine Karte fuer Euch aber dieses Rezepte fuer ein bischen Weihnachtsjubel ;-):

Combine loads of good wishes, heart full of love and armfuls of hugs. Sprinkle with laughter and garnish with mistletoe. Top off with presents.
Serves everyone!

Have all a wonderful holiday season!!!

Habt alle schoene Feiertage!

Big Christmassy hugs to all of you!

Hugs,

Candy Winner!

Hello everyone and Happy Friday! It's time to announce the lucky winner of my candy #3! :-)))) The lucky winner of these goodies

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Hallo zusammen und einen schoenen Freitag! Es ist an der Zeit den Gewinner meines Candies Nr.3 bekannt zu geben:-)))))) Gewinner dieser 'Leckerlies'

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Congratulations Sonja!!! Your prize will be in the mail to you tomorrow :-)

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Herzlichen Glueckwunsch Sonja!!! Dein Preis geht morgen in die Post :-)

I will be back a little later again with a second posting and my card for today! Hope to see you than again!

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Ich komme spaeter nochmal mit meinem zweiten posting und meiner heutigen Karte. Hoffe Euch dann hier wieder zu sehen!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Candy No. 3 & Snowflakes

Here I am with my second posting. Sorry it's a little later than expected. But now without further ado here it comes ....... my Candy no. 3:

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Hallo da bin ich wieder mit meinem 2. Posting fuer heute. Leider etwas spaeter als geplant. Aber nun ohne weiteres Aufhebens candy Nr. 3:

It includes a brand new Belles 'n Whistles stamp 'Star of Bethlehem' from the latest Christmas release. It is one of my absolutely favorites from this release. Prima Woodstock Flowers cherry ( I loooove that color) and a little cute 'see d's' stamp from Inque Boutique. Hope you like the goodies! Happy Advent season!

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Es beinhaltet einen brandneuen Belles 'n Whistles Stempel 'Star of Bethlehem' aus der aktuellen Weihnachtskollektion. Einer absoluten Favoriten aus der Kollektion. Prima Woodstock Flowers cherry ( ich liiiiebe diese Farbe) und einen kleinen suessen 'see d's ' Stempel von Inque Boutique. Ich hoffe das Candy gefaellt Euch. Froehliche Adventszeit!

To enter just leave your name and link with Mr. Linky at the end of this posting and let other people know about this candy. And because it is the last of my three little candies it is open til Friday Dec. 18th 12 pm (noon).

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Um beim Candy mitzumachen tragt bitte Euren Namen und link in Mr. Linky am Ende des Beitrages ein und erzaehlt anderen von meinem Candy. Da es das letzte meiner 3 kleinen Canies ist bleibt es geoeffnet bis Freitag Dez. 18, 12 Uhr mittags.


Onto my card from today. It's a little different than my usual cards. I did not use any stamp at all. I just used one of my new CB folders and my Cricut to cut out the snowflakes. It's a pretty simple card and a quick one as well. Was nice for a change. The sentiment is an outline sticker from Starform. CS ans DP is from 'Imagine that' which I bought at Walmart last year. The glitter paper used to cut out the snowflakes is DCVW (this years holiday collection). The ribbon is from my stash and the beaded snowflake was part of a snowflake sticker collection.

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Zu meiner heutigen Karte. Sie ist etwas anders als meine Karten gewoehlich sind. Ich habe keinen Stempel verwendet, nur einen meiner neuen CB folder und meine Cricut zum ausschneiden der Schneeflocken. Es it eine einfache und schnelle Karte. Der Text sticker ist von Starform. CS und DP sind aus einem Papierblock von 'Imagine that' den ich letztes Jahr im Walmart ertanden habe. Das Glitter-Papier ist aus der diesjaehrigen Holiday Kollektion von DCWV. Das Band ist aus meinem Vorrat und die Perlen-Schneeflocke aus einer Schneeflocken -Stickerkollektion.

Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to visit my blog today!

Danke das ihr Euch die Zeit fuer einen Besuch auf meinem Blog genommen habt.

Hugs,

Candy No. 2 Winner!!!

Hello and Happy TGIF! It's time to reveal the winner of my Candy No. 2 from Wednesday! YAY!!!!!!! And because there were problems in the begining with Mr. Linky I added Andreja as first entrant in the counting as she left a comment instead when Mr. Linky was not working (and she was the first entrant).

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Hallo und einen schoenen Freitag! Es ist an der Zeit den Gewinner des Canies vom Mittwoch bekannt zu geben! Da es am Anfang Probleme mit Mr. Linky gab habe ich den ersten Eintrag (Andreja) der als Kommentar kam als Nr. 1 gezaehlt!

And the lucky winner of the two stamps is

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Sally said...

Wonderful candy. I have wanted that tree for sooooo long, so here is selfishly hoping its me. Thanks for the chance to win.

Congratulations Sally!!!!!!! Looks like you finally got the tree :-)))
Please contact me (see sidebar or profile) with your mailing address no later than Sunday!

Please stay tuned as I will post my 3rd and last Candy a little bit later as well as my card for today!

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Bitte bleibt dran da ich mein 3. und letztes Candy nachher posten werde, zusammen mit meiner heutigen Karte!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Candy Time No 2!

I'm baaaaaaaack! :-) For the Winner of Monday's candy and my card for today please scroll down to my first posting from today!

Ok here it comes, Candy #2. This time I have 2 stamps to give away. I thought it's candy #2 so it would be nice to give a way 2 stamps :-D (Hmmm guess what I will do with candy #3 on Friday than...;-). I can tell you already that it's not only stamps on Friday ;-) ).

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Da bin ich wieder! Fuer den Gewinner des Montagscandies und meine heutige Karte bitte nach unten scrollen zum ersten Beitrag von heute.

Nun ist es soweit, mein 2. Candy fuer diese Woche startet. Diesmal habe ich soagr 2 Stempelchen zu verlosen. Ich dachte es ist Candy Nr. 2 also auch 2 Stempelchen ;-) (Hmmmmm und was mache ich Freitag dann bei Candy Nr. 3 ? ;-) Ich kann soviel verraten das es am Freitag nicht nur Stempel sind ;-) )

This time I have 1 super cute Bildmalarna stamp and 1 Whiff of Joy Christmas Tree stamp (2008 Collection) to give away. They are both new and never used.

To enter my candy please leave your name and link with Mr. Linky and let other people know about my Candies (on your blog, forum, etc.) I will draw the winner Friday afternoon shortly before I post candy no. 3! I'll close Mr. Linky shortly before the drawing.

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Diesmal habe ich einen super suessen Bildmalarna Stempel und 1 Whiff of Joy Christmas Tree Stempel (2008 Kollektion) zu verlosen. Sioe sind beide neu und unbenutzt!

Um bei der Verlosung teilzunehmen hinterlasst bitte Euren Namen und link bei Mr. Linky und verbreitet (auf Eurem Blog, Forum etc.) das es bei mir Candies gibt. Den Gewinner ziehe ich am Freitag Nachmittag kurz bevor ich mein 3. Candy poste. Ich schliesse Mr. Linky kurz vor der Ziehung.

Thanks for entering my candy and good luck to all!!!!!!!!!

Danke fuers Mitspielen und allen viel Glueck!!!!!!!!!

Hugs,

Belles 'n Whistles Advent Calender Giveaways!!!

Hello Everyone and Happy 1st of December! Sorry for being MIA and not posting for a week now, but it has been real busy around here with Thanksgiving, party invitations and all the Christmas decorations being done (yeah I'm done inside and out ..... now our house changed to Santa's home again...lol ;-)). Hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving! We sure did. We were celebrating together with family and friends and had a fantabulous Dinner at our neighbors! Thanks again Maria and Angel! :-)

Ready for some fantastic news??? Today the Belles 'n Whistles Advent Calender Giveaways are starting. This means 25 Days of celebrating, prize giveaways and fabulous projects to show on our Belles 'n Whistles Blog!!! You definitely don't want to miss this. Summer has put together awesome prizes worth more than $20 each and the DT has prepared awesome projects and info's! Ok and to make that clear. You are having the chance of winning one of those great prizes every day!!!!!!! So make sure to stop by at our Belles 'n Whistles Blog everyday in December. I'll meet you there and keep my fingers crossed for you all to be one of the lucky winners of the daily prizes! Good luck to all!!!

And because the last week was so busy I had no time to craft. But I still have some cards to show that I made earlier and so I am able to show another one of the customized Christmas cards.

I colored Tilda with distress inks and it's a Tilda image from last years Christmas/Winter Collection. By the time I was making these cards I did not have my new Christmas Magnolias yet. But I received them last week :-) and they are also availabe in limited quantities at Roses on Paper . Better hurry and go over there and order yours before they are all gone!
You can also pre-order the new Magnolia Ink Fairytale Issue (scheduled to ship in February) at Roses on Paper. And while you are there check out the new super cute Bildmalarnas Summer just added!

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Hallo alle zussammen und einen schoenen 1. Dezember! Passend zum 1. Dezember started heute unser Belles 'n Whistles Advent Calender mit taeglichen tollen Preisen im Wert von mehr als $20. Das heisst fuer Euch nun 25 Tage tolle Preise zu gewinnen! Das solltet ihr auf keinen Fall verpassen! Darum seht doch gleich mal nach auf unserem Belles 'n Whistles Blog!
Summer und wir, das Belles 'n Whistles DT, haben taeglich tolle Info's, und Projekte fuer Euch geplant, den ganzen Dezember bis Weihnachten! Also auf geht's ich treffe Euch dann da und druecke Euch allen die Daumen auf einen der tollen taeglichen Gewinne! Viel Glueck!!!

Info: Ab naechster Woche werden meine Posts dann auch wieder in deutsch erscheinen. ;-)Habe einige emails von Euch bekommen deswegen. Aus Zeitmangel die letzten Wochen, hatte ich eben nur noch in englisch gepostet. Aber nun wird es ruhiger und ich werde das nun wieder aendern, versprochen! Danke das ihr trotzdem meinen Blog weiter besucht habt!!! ~x

Thanks for stopping by and any comments you may leave!

Hugs,

Blog Hop News!

To view today's first posting and my card scroll down!

NEWS * NEWS * NEWS

Hello All And Happy Monday! Today I have no card or project to show but some exciting news and associated with that also some sad news! Unfortunately our lovely Swaani is stepping down from her position as ISB-DT member. We will miss you! Swaani!! And I hope you are feeling better very soon! Take good care of yourself!

And for this reason we are having a DT and GDT Call at Ilonas Shop Blog! We are looking for 1 permanent DT member and 2 Guest DT's to join us till March 2010. You are interested and like to apply? The rules are pretty easy. Make any christmassy box using one of the following images: Magnolia, Bildmalarna, The Greeting Farm, Sarah Kay, Rachelle Ann Miller, Leere Aldrich, Nellie Snellen, Tina Wenke, Belles 'n Whistles, Alota Rubber Stamps or Ollyfant by Erica Pels. Enter the DT call at Ilonas Shop Blog till November 4th. Your box must be a newly made project and never be published before. Just a note: We, the DT, are creating for fun and are not sponsored by Ilona. But that doesn't mean she's not surprising us once in a while with a little something ;-)


Can you smell it? It smells like a new release and blog hop time again :-))) YES! It is Belles 'n Whistles Blog Hop time again! This Friday, October 30th, a new release will be introduced with a Belles 'n Whistles Blog Hop, an all day fun event! YAY!!! Make sure to mark your calender and join in the fun at the Belles 'n Whistles blog! The Belles 'n Whistles DT is looking forward to welcome you at our blog! And as a hint you should check out Lynda's blog maybe you are able to catch a glimpse of some scrappy bits of one of the ew images;-) I don't tell you anymore just go and see for yourself :-)

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Candy Winner!!!!

Hi folks! Sorry for being late with announcing the candy winner but it has been a crazy day yesterday. Therefore with no further ado......the randomly picked winner of my candy is....DRUMROLL please :-))))
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Congratulations and I hope you enjoy your prize!!!!

Melodie please contact me (cocoacrafts@gmail.com)
with your shipping information!

I wish I could give each of you who participated and left such nice comments a prize but unfortunately I can't! But there will be another candy soon to celebrate my favorite season of the year CHRISTMAS ....so check back here frequenty ;-)

And for all who are interested in these super cute Belles 'n Whistles stamps you can get them right here

I have another post coming up later with a card I made, so hope to see ya all back here again later!!!


Thanks for stopping by I really do appreciate the time you take to visit my blog and may leave a comment!

Hugs,

It's Candy Time! :-)

October 9th - Edited to add:
This Candy is now closed!!!!
I'll randomly draw and announe the winner later today, so please check back!!!!!!!

Hello folks! Yes it's right it's candy time again! This time I like to celebrate my birthday which was already in September and also like to show my appreciation to my followers and blog visitors! Ok first I like to show you what you can win...hopefully you like the goodies I've chosen ;-)

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The candy includes:

* 1 Little Witch with Broom stamp from Belles 'n Whistles new Fall release
* 1 Tania Baking stamp from Belles 'n Whistles new Fall release

* 1 double sided paper pad Pastel / Heartwarming Vintage Collection from Crafty Secrets
* 1 papier mache ornament ready to decorate
* 1 some Prima Hydrangea flowers
* 2 Stickles Glitter Glue (crystal and silver)
* 1 package gelly-o frames from rob and bob studio
* 1 sheet of vellum stickers - leaves
* 1 Jolee's stickers - hearts

So and now you want to know what do you have to do in order to have a chance on winning this yummy candy? Well, not much actually ;-)! Just spread the word about my candy on your blog and link back to my candy here on my blog. Leave a comment to this post and add your blog in the Mr. Linky Widget at the end of this post. If you are not already a follower maybe you like to become one! I would be delighted if you do so!

This candy is open til Thursday October 8th 11:59 pm EST

I will randomly pick and announce the winner on
Friday October 9th!

Everybody can enter and I ship internationally!

If you don't have a blog you can also enter. Just leave a comment and email me with your email (see sidebar) so I know how to contact you in the case you are the winner! I trust you that you will spread the word about my candy in other ways! :-)

Good Luck!!!

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Yuhuuuu Blog Candy Zeit!!!!!! Es ist mal wieder Zeit fuer ein Blog Candy. Diesmal moechte ich meinen Geburtstag feiern der schon im September war und mich bei Euch, meinen Blogbesuchern und Verfolgern, bedanken! :-) Was es zu gewinnen gibt seht ihr oben! Hoffe es gefaellt Euch! Um teilzunehmen hinterlasst bitte hier einen Kommentar und verlinkt mein Candy auf Eurem Blog und erzaehlt davon! Dann linkt Euren Blog im Mr. Linky Widget am Ende dieses Posts. Vielleicht habt ihr auch Lust ein Verfolger meines Blogs zu werden falls ihr es noch nicht seid. Wuerde mich sehr darueber freuen!

Das Candy ist offen zur Teilnahme bis Donnerstag 8. Oktober 11:59 pm EST

Ich werde den Gewinner am 9. Oktober auslosen und bekannt geben.

Jeder kann teilnehmen und ich verschicke International!

Habt ihr keinen Blog koennt ihr trotzdem teilnehmen! Hinterlasst einen Kommentar und schickt mir eine email (siehe sidebar) mit Euerer email, so dass ich Euch kontaktieren kann falls ihr gewinnt! Und ich vertrau Euch das ihr auf anderem Wege die Info von meinem Candy weitergebt! :-)

Viel Glueck!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Belles 'n Whistles Guest Design Team Call!!!

Hello Friends! How about becoming a guest designer for Belles 'n Whistles? Does that sound great? Are you interested? You were waiting for it?! Well .....than you should go and check the Roses on Paper & Belles 'n Whistles combined blog for more information :-) Summer will announce the Belles 'n Whistles GDT call today at the Roses on Paper & Belles 'n Whistles combined blog!
The call will run from October 7th - October 19th. For all detailed information and how to enter the GDT call visit our blog. Hope to see you all there and good luck! :-)

I also want to share something with you :-) On Saturday I participated in The World Cardmaking Day Challange over at Susana's blog Follow Your Heart (SCACD). And what can I say....I WON!!!!!!! YAY! Yipieeee!!! I am super excited about this and the great prize Susana was offering for 2 winners. And I am really delighted to be one of them! Thank you so much again Susana! You can see my card for the challenge here!

Thanks for stopping by today!!!!

Hugs,

Belles 'n Whsitles Fall Release Blog Hop - Tomorrow!!!

Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! I don't have anything to show to you today but I have BIG news :-)))))))))) For all of you who were already anxiously waiting for the new release of the Belles 'n Whistles fall collection..... whoohoo the wait is over!!! We are having a great

Belles 'n Whistles Fall Release Blog Hop

starting tomorrow, Friday 18th September
9 am CEST (Central Europe Summer Time)
at the Belles 'n Whistles Blog!

You should definitely stop by there tomorrow and participate! I'm not going to tell you any more ...lol ... like to keep you curious... are you?? ;-) Well maybe only that the DT has some really yummy (literally!) stuff to show and it is worth it ;-)

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Hallo zusammen und einen schoenen Donnerstag! Heute habe ich Euch nichts zu zeigen, aber grosse Neuigkeiten! :-)))))))))) Fuer alle die ihr schon ganz ungeduldig gewartet habt auf die neue Belles 'n Whistles Herbstkollektion........die Warterei hat ein Ende!!! Wir haben einen

Belles 'n Whistles Fall Release Blog Hop

Er beginnt morgen, Freitag, 18. Spetember
um 9 Uhr MESZ (Mitteleuropaeische Sommerzeit)
auf dem Belles 'n Whistles Blog!

Ihr solltet unbedingt vorbei schauen und mitmachen, es lohnt sich. Das DT hat Euch wirklich leckere Sachen zu zeigen (im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes!) So mehr verrate ich nicht, wollte Euch nur etwas neugierig machen, hat's geklappt?? ;-)

Thanks for stopping by!

Danke fuer Euren Besuch!

Hugs,

Birthday Cards - Thank You! :-)

Hi all! Hope everyone's having a great week so far! Today I like to show you some of the cards/bags I received from dear friends for my birthday last week :-) At this point I like to thank you all again so much for making my birthday extraordinary special with your wonderful and gorgeous gifts and beeeeautiful cards!!!!!!!! You all are amazingly talented and I'm so lucky to have friends like you!

This absolutely stunning gift bag and matching card I received from my dear friend and DT member Peta





For more detailed pictures of this awesome gift set click here



This absolutely gorgeous little book was made by my dear friend and DT member Marina




To see close ups and all the details click here



And last but not least I like to show you this dream in violet :-)
My wonderful friend and DT member Nicolchen made this gorgeous card:





All the detailed pics can be seen here

Have you visited our Belles 'n Whistles blog lately? The DT is posting stunning creations everyday (Mo-Fr) for your inspiration. You'll also have the chance of winning a stamp frequently, just by leaving a comment! And there are more GREAT news to come :-) There will be a new release VERY soon. So make sure you check the Belles 'n Whistles blog regularly to be one of the first to hear the big news and have the chance of winning a great prize!

Thanks for stopping by today!!!

Hugs,