Awards and a Christmas Card

I'm so behind with my thank yous for these awards -- OMGoodness!!! And I do apologize.

The first one is this BFF Gold Card Award. Now how special is this? But not as special as the BFF who presented it to me, who's a totally sweet girl, Heather from Heather's Coffee Break. She's not only beautiful on the outside, but beautiful and talented on the inside. You'll see when you visit her blog. Thanks, Girlfriend!

Here are the rules

1. Only 5 people allowed.
2. 4 have to be dedicated followers of your blog
3. one has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world.
4. you must link back to whoever gave you the award.

Courtney - she's always a hoot 'n a holler
Kathie - my buddy I call "DD" (I almost couldn't remember her real name!)
Katie - my sistah who's expecting any time now!
Krista - she lives in my favorite European country!
Susanna - what can I say...she's an STH SB BFF

Thanks for being my friend!

Lisa from This 'n' That presented me with this award. Thanks so much, Lisa! She has some awesome cards on her blog, so go and check it out!

Rules: I have to pick 7 of my favorite blogs and…
1. The winner can put the logo on their blog
2. Link the person you received your award from
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls or boys you’ve nominated.

This was really hard to choose, but here are some sites that I love to visit:

Heather
Tami
Lisa
Kelly
card of the week.com
N.M.B.S.
Allison


Heather from Heather's Coffee Break (see, isn't she sweet?) gave me the following two awards. The first one is The Wylde Woman Award. Thanks, Heather! You're an awesome friend.

The rules of this award are:

1. You can give it to one or one hundred or any number in between - it's up to you. Make sure you link to their site in your post.

2. Link back to this blogsite http://www.tammyvitale.com/ so Tammy (the originator) can go visit all these wonderful women and remember the Purpose of the Award: To send love and acknowledgment to women who brighten your day, teach you new things and live their lives fully with generosity and joy.

I'm going to give this to Kristi, of Hanna Stamps. She has done so much for so many people -- right now, she's the first person who comes to my mind for this award.

The second award from Heather is the Stempel Award. You truly are one sweet girl and I'm so blessed to have you as my friend! To be honest, I'm not sure what this award is for... I even tried to Google it, but couldn't really get any answers. So, I'll just say this, that you mean a lot to me for always being so thoughtful and always being there for me. Thank you!

Okay... now for my Christmas card.

I made this card for a sketch challenge for OCC. Go check out their blog because there are some great challenges over there. If you'd like more detailed info about this card, I have more here.

Well, thanks for stopping by and have a Happy Monday!!