My Christmas Cards

These are the cards I made to send to specific family members. I wish I was so full of talent that I could come up with 35 or 40 different cards so each family on my list would receive their own, unique card. But since that is never going to happen, I will settle for a few individual ones :)
 The first two are for my grandkids. I will admit the Santa and Chimney  one - from Simply Charmed -is my all time favorite card I have made so far! When I added the last of the Stickles ( more glitter, Grammie!! ) and stepped back, well, I was SOO happy with the results. The Reindeer card has been in in my head for my grandson's first Christmas card since I first got Create A Critter in the mail. I couldn't find background paper the I loved so I altered some I liked to suit me.

 

The next two I totally copied the main idea from a  very talented poster on the Cricut message boards. I am sorry I can't remember who you are, but I will give you credit if I can find the original post, or some one lets me know who it was :) The Smiley faces and the ho ho ho's are from the Smiley Cards cart for the Gypsy. The Santa hat is from Paper Doll Dress Up.

And lastly, I needed a more masculine card for our nephews. I have had this Stampin Up stamp since last year and hadn't used it. I think I will  be using it more for next year. I can see lots of other design uses for this image .

The plain papers and ink are Stampin Up and the patterned papers are Die Cuts With a View.

Some day I will be better at writing down the sizes I cut things at, but not this time... sorry...

I have one more card to get a picture of, hopefully tomorrow...

Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to leave me a comment and let me know what you think :)

Almost Ready!

Hello everyone!

I have finally finished my cards, tags and wrapping. I have taken pictures of most everthing, now just need an hour to compose the post to go with them all.

I hope to get it done tonight, so look for pictures tomorrow!

Countdown to Christmas ....4 days!!  Can't wait!!

Christmas Banner

I have a large window at work that was just screaming - Decorate Me!!! I knew I wanted to make a banner and that was all I took with me into my craft room. When I came out... I had this ..
                             

                            

                                                                                     

                                                                             

I spent way to much time on the elves, but I am very happy with how they turned out. The fan circles that are behind them, well, I need to be shown how to make them.... they gave me fits.

But in the end I love this banner and I got lots of compliments from my co-workers.

The banner is from Country Life -7" and the elves are from Paper Doll Dress Up - 3.5".
The paper is Diecuts With a View and Stampin Up.

I so wish I could get my Christmas crafting energy going in August, then I would have so much more ready now :)
Oh well, maybe next year!

Thanks for stopping by. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think !
                                   

I Love Blog Land!!

I can't begin to tell you how glad I am that I discovered this wonderful world of blogging. I have found so many people who share this love of crafting with each other and give, so generously, their ideas and creations. I honestly can't wait to get home from work every day, make my cup (or pot) of coffee, and sit at my computer to get 'lost' in the land of blogs! It's a good thing this didn't exist when my kids were little... I would have had a real problem :)
OK... back to the reason I started this post !

One of my new blogging friends, Sharon  , has put a huge smile on my face this morning... she is sharing this Award with me!! How amazing is this !!
           

Sharon has a great blog, with projects that will inspire you to create your own versions, so please go and visit her :)

The requirements for receiving this award are to list 3 things that give your blog attitude and then nominate 5 other blogs with some 'tude. Lastly, post this award on your blog ( that's the best part !). The nominating part is easy..

1. Shelly at Create with Me

2. Joy at Blondemommy's Blog

3. Tatiana at Created by Tatiana

4. Beccy at Beccy's Place

5. craftini-time.blogspot.com

Now for my 3 things about my blog:

1. My blog is much more organized than my craft room !

2. I want to learn how to put all the cool icons on my blog that I see on others.

3. I am hoping to share more projects that I make with my daughters and granddaughter.

I hope you visit each of the blogs I have nominated and leave them comments.... that is the best thing about blogging... reading all the wonderful things others say about your creations!

Have a great weekend.

Thanks for stopping by :)



                                       

See What Happens....

See what happens when you follow a blog hop?  You can get goodies like these in the mail!!
 

                                                           


Yup, that's what happened to me when I followed the Cricut Card Fairies blog hop. I left a comment on Scrappy Jess's blog and was chosen to receive her wonderful blog candy. Thank you so much Jess :)
 So I urge you all to follow the next blog hop you find. You will see some amazing projects and maybe find a new blog  or two to follow.
Oh yea, don't forget to leave comments to let them know you appreciate all the hard work and effort that goes into a hop, cause you never know what might happen :)

Thanks for stopping by....

I Was Given An Award!!

Oh My Gosh!!!!
Yolanda at Crafty Scentiments gave me this award!

When I first started talking to my daughters about starting a blog, I was only thinking of having a place to share my projects with, hopefully, new friends and my family. I never thought about being given any type of blog award. This is so GREAT!! Thank you Yolanda!!!

This is a pay-it-forward style award. Here are the rules:
1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this
2. Share 8 things about yourself
3. Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards.

Here are 8 things  about myself
1. My husband is my biggest crafting enabler
2. My favorite time is crafting time with my daughters and granddaughter
3. I am a paper hoarder
4. I spend more time blog surfing than crafting
5. I love Harry Potter and the Twilight series
6. I would leave my Christmas decorations up all year long if I could
7. I am addicted to buffalo chicken bites
8. My Gypsy is my all time favorite crafting tool

 Being so new to the blogging world, I am finding new blogs all the time.. So I am going to share this award with 8 of my new blogging friends who,like me, don't have a lot of followers yet. They do have awesome blogs, though!

1. Amy at http://amydesigns.blogspot.com/
2. Shirley G at http://cardsbyshirleyg.blogspot.com/
3. Debra at http://outofmyhead-debra.blogspot.com/
4. Doris at http://momsbeenscrappin.blogspot.com/
5. Lisa at landofencraftment.blogspot.com
6. Rachel at trickut-rachelscrafts.blogspot.com
7. Houses Built of Cards at http://housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com/
8. Brenda at infinite-possibilities.blogspot.com

I hope you visit each of the above blogs and let them know how great their blogs are.

Thank you for stopping by!





                                                      

Turkey and Pilgrim Cards

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I wanted to get these 2 cards posted today

as I won't have much time for the rest of the week.

My family is arriving later this afternoon

and our house will be full

of food, fun and kids!!

What a wonderful thing!!

These are the cards I made for my grandkids.

I used my Cricut, Create a Critter

and

Paper Doll Dress Up.

The cardstock is Stampin Up and

the designer paper is

Die Cuts With a View

The turkey is cut at 4 inches.

For my sassy little pilgrim girl

I used Stampin Up and Die Cuts With a View

papers and cut her out at 5 inches.

Of course her cute smile is from

Peachy Keen Stamps.

I am still working on making the hair feature on the

dolls look a bit more realistic, so if any of you

have suggestions, I would love to hear them!

I hope you all have a safe and happy

Thanksgiving!

Thanks for stopping by!

Wow... I won some blog candy!!

I followed the

Cricut Card Fairies

blog hop over the weekend

and WON some blog candy from

 Scrappy Jess .

She has an amazing blog

with lots of great projects and how to's!

Go check it out! I know you will love it, too!

I hope to get the cards I madefor my grandkids

posted tomorrow, so come back and check them out!

Thanks for stopping by !

More for OWH !

I know I still have my Thanksgiving cards

to finish and I haven't even started my Christmas cards!

But what did I spend my crafting time on

this weekend??

Yup... more Valentines cards :)

I was so inspired by all the cards I saw

On the Operation write Home

Valentine blog hop Saturday, I had to make a few more!

The circle was cut on the cricut by welding

2 scallop circle shadows from

Mini Monograms at 4.22"

The inner circles are the regular image

cut at 4.22" and 4.0"

The stamps are from

Stampin UP.

I arrived at this card from stamping the image

and then picking a paper

to go with it.

That's not my usual style, but am trying to

expand my horizons a bit :)

My next test will be to see if I can follow a scetch!

The stamps and cardstock are

Stampin Up

and the designer paper is

from my stash.

If you want to see more of the hop from Saturday

visit OWH Stars and Stamps

all the cards are posted there!

Thanks for stopping by !

OWH Be My Valentine Blog Hop

Welcome to the

Operation Write Home

Be My Valentine Blog Hop!

I am so excited to be a part of this

wonderful event.

This is my very first blog hop.

It's such a great organization that I knew I just had to be a part of it :)

Please stop by Joann's daily and vote for OWH to win a $50,000.00 donation!!!

In addition, Archway is helping with a special mission.

Click Here to check it out!

This is one of the Valentine cards I have made to send to OWH before the

deadline of January 1, 2011.

I hope you will visit all the great blogs that are participating in this hop and leave lots of comments.

You will see tons of great projects and gets lots of ideas for your Valentine cards.

Your next stop is

Patrice at My Littel Patch of Dirt

Have fun and I hope you come back and visit my blog again!

All supplies to make this card are from

Stampin Up

PS... the deadline for Christmas cards  has passed :( ...

 but mark your calendars for next year :)