Hold Christmas in Your Heart

Hold on to your jingle bells!  It’s Monday AND my first official Christmas card of the year!!  We had our first snowfalls this weekend during the nights so it didn’t feel that weird to break out the ornament stamps, dies and my beloved little jingle bells :)  Seriously, if I could get away with using those all year long, I would! HA!  I had time to play with this week’s Waltzingmouse Stamps Sketch and it made me think of the gorgeous Vintage Ornaments stamp set.  So then I hauled out my Christmas paper and started playing with a non traditional colour scheme.  I’m definitely a non traditional girl when it comes to Christmas colours so the pink, aqua and red from this Crate Paper pad made me a bit giddy :)

Hey, just to let you all know…I’m getting pretty close to 400 followers!  I know not everyone signs up to be a follower and just follows via bookmarks or google reader, but I thought it would be fun to have a little “400” blog candy when it occurs…so stay tuned!

Have a lovely Monday!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: waltzingmouse vintage ornaments, compact sentiments

ink: versafine onyx, pti aquamist

paper: pti rustic cream, rustic white, echo park dp, crate paper dp

accessories: spellbinders vintage ornaments, oval dies, pti buttons, thread, Michaels jingle bells, silver cording, paper doily, Funkie Junkie lace trim

UR2CUTE!

Good morning!  I had to laugh at today’s blog post.  It looks like I’m sending someone a text and I’m one of the last people on earth who does not text!  I know!  I just have no time.  I can’t text at work and if I’m home, call me!  If I’m out, email me!  Truth be told, my cell is usually dead in my purse.  That’s just the way I roll :)  I’m old school and love it :)  Now having said that, I LOVE these sweet text-like sentiments from My Favorites Things.  I’m using their sketch from last week to create a fun card that would suit any dear friend.  Now onto some fun finds I want to share with you.  Fellow Verve Diva Teresa has been enabling me lately with her fabulous lace trim.  I couldn’t resist one late night (up with my cough a few weeks ago) so ordered a whole bunch from The Funkie Junkie site!  Here’s the stash that came yesterday along with some white burlap and corrugated cardboard (I can’t believe I bought cardboard!! LOL But I did!).

Also, about a month ago, I found this fabulous little caddy at Winners/HomeSense.  It’s a discount store in Canada that’s similar to TJ Max in the States.  Right now I’m using it for a card display, but it’s so versatile that it might be used another way at some point.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Reports are done, but there are still a ton of things to do before the school year is officially over.  But I can see that sweet summer just around the corner!

what’s in it?

stamps: my favorite things say what and just my type

ink: versafine onyx, su basic grey

paper: pti rustic cream, soft stone, echo park take note

accessories: mft just my type die, pti banner die, studio calico badge, stitching