Candy Cane Christmas

Howdy! How is the weather in your neck of the woods? Last night we had a winter storm warning and this morning they were forecasting 5-7 inches by Friday evening. It wasn't supposed to start until about 10pm tonight. This afternoon all that changed. By the time I left work it was raining ice pellets. And then they upgraded the total to up to a foot of snow. With another storm headed our way for Sunday. Sounds like we'll be shoveling for a while. I hate the ice and really don't mind the snow. People forget how to drive in snow and ice. At least I go to work really early and most people won't be out yet. LOL!
My card tonight is a card that I made last night at a Copic class I went to at our local scrapbook store. We all had a great time.

I didn't catch what company the image was from since our instructor did all the stamping. The red was colored with R27 and R29 and the green was YG06 and YG09. Lots of layers on this. Can you see the sparkle on the candy cane? It has glossy accents on it and fine glitter. The candy cane and bow are popped up with pop dots. I am entering this card in these challenges:

Outlawz Friday challenge: anything goes with a Christmas twist

Sentimental Sunday: traditional Christmas colors

Paper Playtime: anything goes

Through the Craftroom Door: anything goes

I just checked outside. We are "all white" as my hubby would say. And the snow is coming down. I am just hoping that the power doesn't go out. If you are experiencing the nasty weather, please stay safe and warm. Thanks for stopping by!

Donna

Hedgehog Birthday

I've been a lazy blogger this week. I haven't had a lot of time to craft but I have a few cards that I have finished. The weather was nice today. Warm but cloudy and a bit rainy. It may be our last day of nice weather. Tomorrow night we have a winter storm watch. We are supposed to get more than a half of foot of snow. And some sleet and ice. I really don't mind the snow but I really dislike the ice. We'll see how good the weatherman can predict this.
I did a little decorating for Christmas but I need something for my office. I am hoping that I can find something in the boxes upstairs.
So my card tonight is a birthday card for a coworker. Very simple.

The hedgehog and the brick background are Penny Black. I colored the hedgie with Copics. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and embossed with black embossing powder. I am entering this card in the Hiding in My Craftroom challenge.
Hope your week is going well. If you are in the path of the storm stay safe and warm. Take care wherever you are.

Donna

Happy 90th

We have returned from Florida and a successful move. The drive down with the trailer was arduous. While we were filling the trailer we realized it had a flat tire. Of course U-Haul was closed so Tom pumped it up hoping it would hold air and it did pretty well. It rained the entire day during the drive and on three occasions we had traffic jams for accidents; some of them as long as an hour. So after leaving about 7am we finally arrived about 10:45pm. Loooong day! After arriving we had to unload so we would have something to sleep on. So most of his stuff went into his garage and we moved the couch to his apartment so we could sleep on it. Saturday we moved things in and put them away and shopped for things he needed including new mattresses. While we still had the U-Haul we picked up his mattresses to save the delivery fee and then turned in the U-Haul. Dinner that night was at The Fish House on the bay. Sunday we visited the Naval Aviation Museum. What a wonderful museum and it's free. We also went up into the lighthouse. We could see the Blue Angel jets on the runway from the lighthouse as well as mile of coastline. And then we had dinner at Flounders and saw the sunset on the beach. But we didn't stay long because it was cold and windy. It never got above 50 while we were there and there was a constant cold wind. Needless to say there was no swimming or shorts. We drove home on Monday. Our plan had been to stay in Nashville, TN and see a show at the Opry but they were closed on Monday so we just continued on home. Started at 7:30 am and made it home by 8pm. Much better than the trip down but still a long day. Glad to be home. I did go back to work today for one day but now I am off until next Tuesday with another trip on the horizon to see Tom's family this weekend.

My card tonight is for a family celebration this weekend. Tom's aunt will be celebrating her 90th birthday in December and we are going to a party for her on Sunday. So this is the card I made for the occasion.

The image and designer paper is from Doodle Pantry. I used Spellbinders Labels 13 for the Happy 90th tag. And I added the red Stickles around the Label and into some of the background flowers. And the red ribbon with a knot completes the card. The 90 is cut from a Cuttlebug die that probably came with my Cuttlebug machine. I am entering these challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches: sketch

Seize the Birthday: welcome twins: use 2 of something (used 90 twice and 2 label dies)

Outlawz Saturday: use dies or punches

Simon Says: anything goes

Thanks for stopping by today. It didn't make it above freezing today here so I hope it's warmer where you are. To all my U.S. friends I wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. Our day will be quiet; just Tom and I and I'll be thinking about all the things I am thankful for. I am so blessed! I hope you are too.

Donna

Packing and Giving Thanks!

We are busy packing up our son's stuff as we need to move him to Florida this weekend. Although he said he would have it packed and moved to the garage before he left last week that didn't really happen. There is still plenty to do. So we've spent our evening getting things gathered and boxed. I am giving thanks that he found a job that he's excited about and he seems to like the area where he's settling in. We are blessed!
I did stop long enough to make a card this evening.

The adorable bunny image is from Beary Wishes and the sentiment is from Michelle Perkett. The designer paper is Basic Grey, one of my favorites. I layered a couple of black layers to make the colors pop. The image and sentiment is colored with Copics. I added an orange ribbon. I am entering these challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches: sketch

Sentimental Sunday: giving thanks

Paper Makeup Stamps: thank you

Stamping Boutique: thanksgiving

Pile it On: with thanks

Outlawz Friday challenge: thanks/thanksgiving

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope your week is off to a wonderful start.

Donna

Santa is Coming to Town

Happy stormy Sunday! Tornado sirens went off twice this afternoon. We've had almost 2inches of rain in the last 24 hours. I don't know that there was any damage in the area. I hope your weather has been better today.
My youngest left on Friday morning to move to Florida for a new job. So for the first time in our lives we find ourselves as empty nesters. We spent most of the weekend out at Baby Creek but I returned home this morning to a very empty house. While I got a lot of house work done it was too quiet. I miss him already! But Steve found an apartment in Florida and he'll be ready for us next weekend when Tom and I move all of his stuff. Next weekend will be lots of heavy lifting and driving.
Santa is coming to town; lots faster than I would like. And I am no where near ready for it. But here is another Christmas card I made.

Santa is on a tag or bookmark that's tucked behind the sentiment. The image is from DigiStamps4Joy oops Fred She Said. The sentiment is from a defuncted stamp company. I embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder. The designer paper is from Doodle Pantry. I used some faux stitching on the tag and some doodling on the right edge of the card. Santa has lots of sparkle from Diamond Stickles. Here's a better pic of Santa.

I am entering these challenges:

• Lady Anne's Christmas Progressive challenge: Use the given digital stamp
• Try Stampin' On Tuesday: sketch
• Beccy's Place: use a santa
• Christmas Stamping All Year Long: stripes
• DigiStamps4Joy: stitching, real or faux
• Craft Your Passion: doodling

I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I have a four day work week this week as we'll be leaving for Florida. Make it a super week! Happy crafting!

Donna

Seal Love

Happy Hump Day! I love the down side to the week. It means we are coming closer to the weekend. Since I am living for the weekends I feel like it's time to retire. Now if I could only convince my DH of that! LOL!
Very chilly here today but we did have sunshine which brightens my spirits. After working 5 years in a closet-like area, I finally have a window (I am blessed!). The sun heats up my office very nicely which is so opposite of what I had last year at this time. I wore my coat most of the day and sat with a blanket wrapped around my legs. We weren't allowed to have heaters by our desks.
My card tonight is one that I really like. It comes from a very special offer from Doodle Pantry to help Operation Write Home. Two of my favorite crafty places in blogland!

So my card uses the sketch this week from Operation Write Home. And with this sketch, Doodle Pantry has a special offer for two sets of digital stamps for $5 and 70% of the proceeds go to OWH. The sets are perfect for OWH cards so I couldn't pass them up. The offer is good through November 30th so click the link and check it out. Well worth the $5 for all the goodies you receive. So I combined one of the images from one set with a sentiment from the second set. I embossed the background piece with a tartan embossing folder. I added twine for an accent and then also used Modge Podge Dimensional gloss to the hearts. The seal image is popped up from the card. I am entering these challenges:

Operation Write Home: sketch

Part Time Tuesday: twine or hemp

Through the Craft Room Door: anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll help out OWH with their fund raiser. It's such a worthy cause. Take care and stay warm and dry!

Donna

Howdy!

We had a dusting of snow last night, way too early for my comfort. The prediction is for a bad winter so maybe this is an omen starting with the snow so early. I sure hope not since I am usually tired of winter by January 1st and ready for spring. LOL! I had to travel to Indianapolis today for work. We were training new people in Indy. I was glad the snow didn't prevent us from going. I just prefer to get those things over with especially since all the planning was complete.
So on to my card for tonight.

I used a Bugaboo image and sentiment. The embossing folder I used in the background is Distressed Stripes and I embossed Coordinations paper which I then sanded to get the multi-colored effect. I inked the edges with of the image and sentiment. The flourish is from MFT and I added the ribbon to go with the sketch I used. I am entering these challenges:

Outlawz Wednesday challenge: sketch

Paper Player: color challenge

Hiding in my Craft Room: Super Scrap Saturday

Bugaboo challenge: Western roundup

I was supposed to have gone to a Copics class tonight but it got cancelled since not enough people signed up. Secretly I was kind of glad since I am tired from the trip to Indy and needed to catch up on email after being away from my computer all day. I do love getting the blog entries by email but if you go away for the day they really pile up. Hope your week is moving along. Happy Hump Day tomorrow!  And thanks for stopping by!

Donna

Glittery White Christmas

Happy Veteran's Day! God bless all the veterans and active duty heroes! They are the reason that I support OWH. I sent special messages to all my family members who are veterans. God bless them all!
Tonight I have a Christmas card. Just like our weather forecast. We have that "s" word in our forecast. I am not ready for it. It's just too early for snow. I usually like to use color but this one is white on white!

 I pulled the sentiment from my stash and used a ribbon punch on the bottom of the oval cut with my Coluzzle. I hadn't had that out in a very long time. I thread some white satin ribbon through. I embossed the background with the Cuttlebig Snow embossing folder and then punched some snowflakes that I coated with Sparkling Stickles. The card really sparkles in real life but the photo doesn't do it justice. I really like this one. I am entering these challenges:

Paper Playtime: sparkle

Beccy's Place: white on white

Speedy Fox and  Friends: white Christmas

Delightful Challenge: all that glitters

Thanks for stopping by today! I am feeling a bit better tonight. My ear is still stuffed but I keep hoping it willget better. Make it an awesome week!

Donna

More Birthday and a Christmas

Happy Sunday! Are you watching football today? My Colts are playing but losing at the moment. Go Colts! The weather is beautiful here. A bit chilly but bright sunshine. A wonderful November day. I was hoping to get some Christmas cards done today So far I have one completed. And a birthday card from yesterday to show y'all! First up the birthday.

I used the Stella sketch at Bugaboo.  The image is from Bugaboo and colored with Bic markers. The sentiment is from Gina K Birthday Greetings. I used the Chevron embossing folder to give texture to the card. I used the Spellbinder Picot Edged Circles. The border is from Martha Stewart. The plaid paper is from MyMemories. I am entering these challenges:

Stella Sketch: sketch

Outlawz Paper ala Mode: anything goes

Addicted to Stamps: use dies or punches

Seize the Birthday: texture

My second card is a Christmas card:

I used the Spellbinder Labels Thirteen set to make a stacked frame. I used all scraps to make the nested frame.The sentiment is from a now defunct stamp company, Little Paper Shop. The candle is an fussy-cut image from Crafting with Jack . The background paper is from Doodle Pantry. I am entering this card into these challenges:

Beccy's Place: use nesting dies

Hiding in my Craftroom: use your scraps

Pile It On: use your tools

Thanks for stopping by. It looks like my Colts are going to lose. Bummer! Hope your weekend was fabulous and you have a great start to your week. My week is shaping up to be very busy. I am hoping to start feeling better but so far not much getting better. Take care!

Donna

Fall Birthday Wishes

Happy Saturday evening! Not very often that I post on the weekends but our plans were altered at the last minute this weekend. We were going to pour the concrete floor in the barn at Baby Creek. But the concrete was cancelled because they didn't have enough jobs to make it worthwhile to operate on Saturday. So rather than go out and stay at Baby Creek I decided to stay at home. I've been working on birthday cards today to catch up for November.

This afternoon I watched a video over at Jennifer McGuire's blog. I love Jennifer's blog. She just has so many wonderful ideas for making your cards really special. The video I watched was how to emboss the frame that you see in my card. I just love how easy it is to make a frame on the card. I used a Doodle Pantry pre-colored fall panda image and inked the edges of the Spellbinders circle die cut. The frame is embossed Labels Thirteen. Then I just punched some corner pieces and added the sentiment from Gina K Birthday Greetings. Just an easy to make card.
I'm entering these challenges:

Doodle Pantry challenge

Crazy 4 challenge: frame it

Seize the Birthday: add texture

Simon Says challenge: keep it clean and simple

Sentimental Sunday: fall into autumn

For those who follow my blog, I wanted to let you know about my doctor's visit on Friday. My hearing has not returned yet but he said that the upper respiratory infection has caused fluid to build up in my Eustachian tube and the fluid is causing the hearing loss. So supposedly if we get rid of the fluid my hearing will return. So I am on new medication now and if nothing changes in the next three weeks, he may consider putting tubes in my ears. He said that's unusual for an adult but a possibility. So the saga continues. The meds today made me feel tired all day but hopefully it will make the fluid drain. 

Hope your weekend is awesome! I am thrilled to be crafting again!

Donna

It's a Fairy Tale

Happy Thursday! One more day to the work week and it'll be the weekend! Tomorrow is my doctor's appointment and I am really looking forward to getting it over with; hoping he can help me hear again. It seems like this week has gone on forever! So last night I got a bit of time to play and finished the card up this evening. My son's girl friend asked me to make her a wedding card with the colors cream and purple. The picture makes this look more blue but it really is a deep purple color and I am please with the way it turned out.

The flowers look purple but the Spellbinders scalloped oval and the backing piece look blue in the picture. And the groom's vest and tie are also purple but next to the gray jacket they just look gray in the picture. It looks much better in real life. The bride and groom image is from Beccy's Place. I colored it with Copics. The background paper is Basic Grey Wisteria. The flourish is My Favorite Things Die-namic. The flowers are from Michael's $1 bin. I added a few pearls and some purple self-adhesive rhinestones.

This is the inside of the card. Using the same paper as the outside and adding a sentiment from Stampin' Up! with more pearls and rhinestones. I am entering these challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches: the sketch

Paper Makeup Stamps challenge: lots of layers

Thanks for stopping by for a visit. Hope you are headed for a relaxing weekend. We'll be pouring concrete in the barn this weekend if all goes well. And I am hoping for some crafty time too! Have a wonderful Friday!

Donna

Oops!

Just a quick one tonight. I am already passed my bedtime. Made this card for my nephew. I missed his birthday last week when I was sick. So I hope he is still talking to me. LOL!

The image is from a Gina K set called Timeless Treasures by Theresa Momber and the sentiment is from a Gina K set called Birthday Greetings. I used a sketch from the Outlawz Wednesday challenge. I added some faux stitching, ribbon and brads.
Hope you had a great start to your week. Thanks for stopping by.

Donna

Mousey Birthday

Happy Sunday! And Happy November! I can hardly believe that it's November already. On Friday I'll finally get to see the ENT and find out it my hearing loss is permanent or if they'll be able to help me in some way.  Being sick has put me behind in getting out my birthday cards. I was hoping to get more time to craft this weekend but only got one card put together. Here's a birthday card for a birthday this week.

The image is from a Penny Black set called Stuck on You. I masked the mouse off so that I could stamp the balloon multiple times. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set called It's Your Day. I used Spellbinders Triple Scallop border along the edges. Pretty clean and simple and I tried to use fall colors. On the inside I used the Triple Scallop border also. Colored with Copic markers. I used the sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping. Also entering these challenges:

Hiding in my Craft Room: fall colors

The Stamp Boutique: use fall colors

Outlawz Monday Sentiment challenge: anything goes

That's it for today. Hope you had a wonderful weekend. They definitely go way to fast. Make it a great week ahead!

Donna

Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween! The day is here but our fun was cancelled because of weather. Trick or treat in our area will be tomorrow night. We are under storm and tornado watches so the city and county decided to postpone the kids' fun. But I have a couple of Halloween projects that I did before I got sick and never showed on my blog so I decided this would be the perfect time.

I made a number of Halloween cards but never sent them out so I think I'll be sending them over the weekend a little belatedly. This is a really CAS card. A little designer paper, a cute little sentiment and a bit of ribbon. Pretty fast and easy.
I'm entering these challenges:

Outlawz Sunday CAS challenge: Halloween

Simon Says challenge: anything goes

My other project was the little gifts that I gave my co-workers today. 

I made 16 of these little owls for my co-workers. I used scrap paper from my stash and edged it with a scalloped punch for the feathers. Punched the eye balls and added the little beak. Inside was a Ghirdelli candy because everyone likes chocolate. I'm entering these challenges:

Outlawz Saturday challenge: anything goes

Hiding in my Craftroom challenge: critters

Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge: anything goes

Hope your Halloween was frightfully fun! Thanks for stopping by and checking in with me today! 

Hugs,

Donna

Fore!

Happy Hump Day! I am so glad to be on the down side of the week. I wish I had a bunch of time off work and I would stay at home in bed for a while. But I don't, so I keep trying to make it through the days. By the time I get home my head is swimming. I'm not sure I am feeling any better and I am certainly more dizzy than I was before. Still no hearing in my left ear. My ENT appointment isn't until November 8th.

But God is so good! Today we found out that Steve, my youngest, has a job in Pensacola, FL, starting in a few short weeks. So we'll have to pack him up and move him down there. He's really excited! And that means we'll suddenly be empty nesters. I'm not sure how I'll feel about that.

Over the last few nights I managed to make a card for my BIL's birthday this weekend. I've missed several birthday's over the last few weeks so I'm going to have to do some belated cards this weekend. This isn't my typical card. Maybe it reflects my mood or how I am feeling. I usually like colorful cards but this is what I came up with.

My BIL is a golfer and Create with TLC had this sentiment for free the other day. So I knew I had to use it for his card. I haven't a clue why I went with black and white. I found the golfer image on the web as clip art. I used my Scor-Pal to make the background embossing and swiped it with a black ink pad. I cut the image with Spellbinders circle die and the sentiment is punched with an ek Success punch. I backed them both with black. I used faux stitching around the image and part of the sentiment and then used black Stickles to embellish the sentiment.
I'm entering these challenges:

Try Stampin on Tuesday: sketch

Party Time Tuesday: anything goes

Simon Says Stamp & Show challenge: anything goes
Sentimental Sunday challenge: monochromatic birthday

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope your week is going well! 

Donna