Merry Christmas From My Family To Yours

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Merry Christmas Eve

Have a safe and Merry Christmas Eve Everyone!!

Clean and Simple Card

I made this card a few days ago to enter in the

 Ellen Hutson LLC Hero Arts Wood Take 'n Make challenge.

You were to use a Hero Arts Wood Mounted stamp in your project.

  I did a rather clean and simple card with what I had on hand...

sometimes I love clean and simple...

other times I load on the layers..

.guess its as the mood hits me...LOL.....

I love this little flower stamp by Hero Arts...it's called "Row of Perky Flowers"....

it is dated 2001.....I think I need to purchase some new Hero Arts from Ellen....

and boy does she have some good ones "I have to have"!!

A Sad Day at The Hover House

Sept 5 1996 - Dec 21 2011

Goodbye my Sweet Friend

Bubba

I miss you already!!

Sweet Little Snowman Birthday Card

Wow....I can hardly believe it has been over a month since my last post!

I have a few things to share with you today!

First up is a card I made for a granddaughter that turned one!

I saw a similar card on Pinterest and used that for my starting point!

I cut the shape on my Cricut...added a hat and a scarf made from a bit of "baby girl" ribbon I had.

I had intended to add a banner for the snowman to hold, but because I ran out of time...sigh...

I had to exclude it!

Next up is a picture of a beautifully wrapped gift I received!

My sister, daughter, niece and Mom are doing a countdown to Christmas this year...

we had to buy each other 8 gifts, and have 24 to open, one each day...it has been so much fun!!

We did this last year, too, but it was all card making.scrapbooking items....

this year it was anything!

And last is a picture of my Nellie.....

she is all decked out for Christmas....

she goes tomorrow for a haircut......

I love her like this, but because she doesn't shed and her fur is so heavy, she is just too hot!

Snowflake Pizza Box

This week at Joan's Gardens the challenge is to make a pizza box with a band.....

I wanted to make a fancier band, but because of not being able to punch an edge punch

one handed, I settled for a snowflake strip I cut from some Christmas designer paper....

however, by standing up and putting alot of pressure on my punch I was able to punch 6 snowflakes for my box.....I added "Stardust" Stickles to each snowflake for some "sparkle"....

under each snowflake is a "flourish" I cut from Sizzix.....

this die was a free one when purchasing some embossing folders...

I also embossed my entire box with a swiss dots embossing folder...

it feels good to finally be able to create again......

I have been making Christmas tags with leftovers from previous years when I hosted a

"tag" making day...I miss those...and now am addicted to making all my own tags for Christmas....

Less Is More Challenge Meets "Rock & Roll"

This week on the Less Is More Challenge we are to use red and orange....

I chose Melon Mambo and Cherry Cobler by SU for my inks....

my card is very simple and not at all what I had started out to do....

I inked my stamp in one color, then "rocked" and "rolled" it in another...

I like the color variations it gave my leaves.....

I had intended to add a sentiment, but decided I like it as is......

I am off this AM to a craft show......

my hubby has been out of town since Wed and returns Sunday afternoon...

I have to admit I am enjoying it VERY much...LOL

So while he has been gone I have been busy downsizing my fabric and craft supplies.....

making Christmas tags.....

Christmas shopping.....

and pretty much whatever I want...sigh!!