It's Creative Me Monday!

(Mikarose.com giveaway here!)

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Well hello!  Welcome to another Creative Me Monday here at The Southern Institute.  If you've linked up before then you know that we actually celebrate Creative Me Monday all week long... it's just more fun that way!  I like to visit other linky parties and and invite people to join us here too.  There are so many parties out there... I hate to miss out!  
I've been working on a few projects that I have to keep under wraps.  They are gifts and I'd hate to ruin the surprise.  But I'll show you one thing that I've been doing lately...heat embossed cards. 

This is my latest obsession.  I love that it is so easy to make something that looks professionally done, and I'll be sharing how I make them later this month.
We had another record breaking week last week.  214 projects linked up!  That's amazing!  Keep the inspiration coming because I am loving it.  This week's featured link is from Que Linda! (I don't know how to do the upside down exclamation point at the beginning of that.)  Take a look at this beautiful rosette ornament that Janny made...

Isn't that gorgeous?  You can make one of your own because Janny has been generous enough to share the tutorial on her blog.  Go check it out!

You know the drill, now it's your turn!  Don't forget the guidelines for linking up.  Please:

1. Follow The Southern Institute and display the Creative Me Monday button somewhere in your post or on your blog.  The button html is at the top of the post.  Just copy and paste!
2. Don't have anything new?  Show us something from your archives...old to you is new to us!  
3. You can link up as many things as you'd like, the more the better your chances of being the featured link next week!  
4. Visit at least two other blogs and leave some comment love.  We are a community that supports one another, right? Right!
5. No shop links please.  You can link up a giveaway as long as it's attached to a project that you're linking up.

Don't forget to grab and proudly display the "featured" button if you're project has been in the featured spot on Creative Me Monday.

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Have a wonderful week, everyone!  Don't forget to enter the giveaway for a $50 credit to Mikarose.com.  You can enter through Tuesday night.  The winner will be announced on Wednesday.  Then I've got another great giveaway for you on Friday... 'Tis the season!