Guest Blogger - Christiana Reuling

Hello, everybody!

The sun is shining, glinting off the piles of snow,

and it's a beautiful day!

I hope it is as well in your neck of the woods.

Today I'm so happy to be guest blogging

at my cousin Ashley's blog, Roja In Virginia.

Ashley is several years younger than me,

and growing up, I always had a special place

in my heart for her. She's a gem.

And now she's all grown up, married,

and has a blog of her own! Lol.

Love you, Ash!

So while Ashley and her hubby Jason

are away on a much-needed vacation,

she asked me to pop in over here and do a guest blog

so her readers still have something (hopefully)

pretty to look at while she's gone.

I tried my best to give you just that!

Here's my card:

I used one of my new Elzybells stamps that

are no longer being made, but you can still find at

Jay Gee's Nook in Australia for a very reasonable price.

I, of course, had to make her a redhead,

since Ashley is a redhead. :o)

I also tried out a brand new technique called "stippling"

or "dotted background" with my Copic markers.

For the first try, I think the effect came out quite nicely!

Here's another look.

I hope you enjoyed that!

I also wanted to mention quickly that I'm doing another

"happy mail" post here.

For those who don't know, "happy mail" is something

I just started on my blog, where I go through my scraps

and make up an envelope for one random commenter.

It's a chance for you to try new product

and make a card or two simply by adding cardstock

and a stamped image.

Today's pile is big enough for two,

so I'll be sending out TWO envelopes of happy mail

to TWO random commenters.

Just mention the happy mail somewhere in your comment

so I know you're interested. :o)

Here's the pile to be divided:

From the DCWV All About Girls stack.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Stick around and leave Ashely some comment love.

And come visit me at my own blog,

 Christy Gets Crafty, anytime!

Have a great day everybody!