Monday, December 31, 2007

Happy New Year, Everyone!

Wishing each and every one of you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2008. May the coming year be your best year EVER.

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Naughty Santa





Right before our fire, I bought a grab bag of different stamps from Viva Las Vegas stamps....lucky for me, they didn't arrive until after the fire, so I didn't lose them all! I haven't had a chance to even look at most of them yet, but I did see this decorated palm tree, that I thought was excellent for Christmas greetings from Florida, along with the Santa peeking though the window of the card. But WAIT! there is more to Santa than meets the eye ;)

Had to think hard about who would most appreciate this card ~ and that person would have received it by now, so I guess it's ok to post. I think this is the cutest Santa card EVER!!

*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Christmas Cheer from Robyn


Wow, the first handcrafted Christmas card I have ever received ~ I'm thrilled! It came from my cyber-friend Robyn, and she did such a beautiful job, don't you think? I recognize the use of the cuttlebug on the embossing at the top. Robyn, if you are out there, how did you get the embossing only part of the CS? And how did you do the scallops the bottom? Is that the Cerise paper from SU? Sure hope you're willing to share your recipe ~ feel free to send a link to your blog :)

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Look What I Got!



My blogger buddy, Robin at The Pink Stamper organized a Christmas gift exchange and was gracious enough to allow me to participate. My package came from Melissa, and it contained all the awesome goodies in the picture. I'm so excited about it ~ it was like Melissa knew all my fave colors and exactly what my tastes are. What a great assortment of goodies.

Please check out Melissa's blog at What Do You (Th)Ink. She is so talented!

Make Merry


When I discovered a package of nice, thick, holly-printed CS at Big Lots, I just knew I had to have it to make this year's cards. It's printed on one side and plain on the other, so it's perfect!

Here's the end result. Designer paper is from a paper pack that contained paper for all seasons, tags are punched using SU's two tag punches, and I used my SU markers to color in the ornaments, with a small brass brad in the centre one. The dots on the holly are stickles ~ I used lace stickles, but would use red next time. Not sure the origin of the ribbon.

I tried to avoid any mention of Christmas specifically, so that this card could go to anyone, no matter which holiday they celebrate. What do you think ~ is it too "Christmas-y," or is if generic enough? I'd love to hear opinions!

Wednesday, December 5, 2007



We celebrates two Thanksgivings this year...and goodness knows, we have a lot to be thankful for :) This page was done after our 2nd Thanksgiving, celebrated in Florida. I used donated papers and ribbon (that matched perfectly), and a Stampin Up wheel to do the pattern on the bottom BG paper. The word "thanks" is from the Mini Monograms Cricut cartridge, and giving is from Opposites Attract.