Blog Changes

Just letting you know I am working on my blog tonight and if it acting up while you visit I apologize. Hopefully you will find the new look inspiring and festive. I have also added a playlist of some favorite Christmas music of mine. It is not on Auto Play and if you wish to listen you must click the play arrow, to hear a certain song on the list you must click on pop out player. This will open the player in a new window and you can start on the song of your choice then minimize the player to hear my playlist as you browse other sites. The best part is if you don't like Christmas music or music at all when using the net you don't have to turn it on.

I love holiday music, how about you? What is your Favorite CHRISTmas song and or artist? I so love Josh Groban and since I am picking a favorite it is Believe. I think we have seen the movie Polar Express a Bazillion Times.

My favorite Holiday movie is....
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation

I resume posting on Monday AM :)

Happy Stamp Day!

Happy Thanksgiving

You can print this out for your kiddos to color in we plan on doing so this afternoon. Yesterday our little one asked me if I was making more playdough, I was rolling a top crust for a cherry pie. If you wish to try Jen's playdough here is the link to my Child's Play post.

Have a wonderful time with your families today and travel safe.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Picture Perfect Christmas

I have to say I am happy to be back doing something I love other then snoring....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ and watching my world spin out of control!

Product list...
Black Frame
Cricut Beyond Birthdays Cartridge
Cricut
PTI Card Stock and ribbon
Dimensionals

A fast simple project, it is so beautiful I can't wait to get it hung up for Christmas.

Happy Stamp Day!

PTI November Blog Hop "Floral Frenzy"

From Nichole Heady PaperTrey Ink...
"Floral Frenzy Challenge
I don't know about all of you, but I am ready to pull out a few non-holiday images in my studio, just for a bit of a break from all the holiday-themed projects I have been doing lately. Well now is your chance!
This month's challenge is to build your own floral embellishment for a card or 3D item. It can be created with die-cuts, punches, stamp images that have been cut-out and layered, slit scalloped punches, you can crochet or sew one, the list could go on and on! You can use interesting materials like newsprint, felt, fabric, metal, cork, vellum, patterned papers, etc... Be sure to provide some brief instruction as to how you created your one-of-a-kind embellishment so others can learn from your example!
Thank you and we all look forward to seeing all of your amazing projects!"

I love to use floral in my crafting designs in fact it is the class of stamps that I own the most of, LOL!! So when I saw the Blog Hop Challenge I had to make sometime to play along. My project for today is a card for our DD she will be turning 12 tomorrow. Happy Birthday L!

I love Flower Garden from PaperTrey Ink it has been one of my beloved stamp sets of the past year. For the card above I stamped Polka Dot Basics onto white card stock then stamped the outline flower from Flower Garden in Palette Noir Ink. I carefully cut it out then place some liquid lacquer on the flower center. (In the past I have used clear acrylic stickers but they have since been discontinued.) The leaves I stamped with the same black onto the spring moss card stock and carefully cut them out. I put them on my project with dimensionals to get more of a relief effect.

I also love to use PaperTrey Ink's Beautiful Blooms stamp set along with the Cuttle Bug Floral Dies to make awesome die cut flowers. You can see more examples below in the slide show...

Thank you all for visiting during the Blog Hop it is great to be back. I have some energy built up now and I have had a bit of stamp time. Not sure yet if I will be posting daily but you will be seeing my blog posts more often once again. Thank you all for your Prayers, Concern and cards as I get on the road to healing. My next Dr. appt is set for December 2nd.

Happy Stamp Day!

Stir Sip Enjoy

I have had tons of fun stamping with PTI's Warm Happiness set. This card also holds a package of Cocoa on the inside, it has become one of my fave cards this season.

To create the background for my main image I inked up my acrylic block and stamped it, here is the post where you can find my tutorial on this...Acrylic Block Party

Supplies used...
PTI Warm Happiness Stamp Set
PTI Holiday Treats
PTI card stock, ink and ribbon
PTI DP Polka Dot Parade
Nestabilities
acrylic Block

Kool Aid Childs Play

Edited to remove slide show Nov 17...

Who ever thought there were so many uses for Kool Aid? We actually don't drink it much around here because of the sugar content and the artificial colorings but over the past year I have found many other uses for it. I do like to hand out the single servings after I realized how much my Niece and Nephews love the stuff.

Below is a slide show of your little DD as she turned 3 yesterday. My good friend Jen sent some home made playdough to her for a bday treat. She had it packaged so nice and tucked into the container was a leaf cookie cutter, so very creative and this is the bday item she refuses to let rest along with the Dora noise maker from Grandpa thanks Dad and Jan :)

I am so torn about posting photos here on my blog I so love to share them. So I have changed my mind once again and I will be posting a few for you.



Jen's Playdough

1 Cup Flour
1 Cup Water
1 unsweetened pacakage of Kool Aid