The card - super simple - the strip is a border embossing folder Cuttlebug.  Just added a snowflake die cut on top of the strip.  Sentiment is from SU.  Colors are wisteria and concord.

Went to see Mission Impossible yesterday - very entertaining (of course I could be entertained just watching Tom Cuise!)  But it was a fun movie.  Now it's time to actually get some work done I think.  Still have to finish taking down the Christmas decorations and my stamp room is a disaster area all on it's own.  So, those two things are at the top of my list of things to do today.

Enjoy your day!

The card - snowflakes are from Hero Arts.  They are embossed in white on pool party squares.  Colors are pool party and white.

Off to a hair appointment this morning and then a movie with Judy D this afternoon.  Should be a nice relaxing day. 

Have a great day!

The card - a super simple one.  Snowmen are from SU. Sentiment is Hero Arts. 

My original plan today was to get the Chrismas decorations taken down.....but...today is Sara's (my dughter-in-law) birthday and I had given her the choice of going out for dinner or I would cook.   She choose a  home cooked meal (tacos and enchiladas) so that means a trip to the grocery store this morning.  (I was sure she was going to choose going out for dinner ...I guessed wrong!)  So, I will be shopping and cooking today.......maybe I can get a start on the Christmas decorations.....but if not there is always tomorrow.

Have a wonderful day!  

The card - stamped image is from Northwoods Rubber Stamps.  I colored the trees and sky with copics.

It's been too long.......since I've done any stamping that is.  So today is going to be a stamping day and since Judy S will be joining me for part of the day maybe I can stay focused and get a lot done :)

Enjoy your day!

The card - snowman is from Stamps by Judith.  Embossing folder is SU.

I hope everyone had a great day yesterday - I certainly did!    Now it's time to get my house back into some sort of order - whew - pretty much looks like a cyclone went through here.  

Have a great day!

Wishing you

peace,

health

and happiness.

Merry Christmas

Photo Saturday - sunrise Wednesday morning.


The shopping is done, the gifts are wrapped, the last batch of peanut brittle is made......now just a trip to the bakery and grocery for a couple of last minute items and I am good to go!   A little football (Go Broncos!) and then dinner out with Jeff & Sara, Bob & Judy and a drive to look at Christmas lights.  Aw....Life is Good!

Have a wonderful Christmas Eve!

The card - the trees are made with SU's pennant stamp set.  Sentiment is from Hero Arts. Background embossing folder is from SU.   Colors are kraft, vanilla, cherry cobbler and artichoke.

Time to get the presents wrapped and make one more batch of peanut brittle.   (it was going to be 2 batches until I discovered that there appears to be a shortage of raw peanuts and there is none to be had anywhere in town! So I will have to stretch the last batch since I only have one bag of peanuts left :) 

Have a wonderful day!

Stamped images are from SU.  Embossing folder is from Hobby Lobby.  Colors are real red and white. 

Just one more project to finish so that is today's goal.  Good day to stay inside anyway, since it's snowing.  "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" .............


Have a wonderful day!

The card - this is a new die cut from Memory Box that I ordered from Impress.  Sentiment is embossed in white.

Need to finish up a couple of projects and hopefully make it to the grocery store today. 

Have a great day!

The card - stamped image is from SU. Card and mats are all vanilla.  Card mat was embossed after sentiment was samped.

The Christmas shopping is all done - woo hoo!  I have a couple of handmade things to finish and more peanut brittle to make, but that's about it.  So, today I'm taking a break and Judy S and I are going to Delta for lunch and some scrapbook shopping at The Scrappy Moose.  Fun!

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamped images are from SU.  Colors are kraft, espresso, cherry cobbler and white.

Off to finish up my Christmas shopping today..... 

Have a fabulous day!

The card - stamped image is from SU.Card is white, background paper is from Little Yellow Bicycle.

Working on some Christmas projects this morning.  Maybe I can get some stamping done this afternoon while watching a little football - Go Broncos!

Enjoy your day!

Photo Saturday - this is another shot of the Ouray Ice Park.  (last week's picture was from the same place)  The ice here is all man-made.  They use sprinklers to make these ice formations and it is a popular spot for ice climbers.  They have a big ice climbing event in January.   Really a beautiful sight to see. 

A crop day today - at least part of the Good Time Girls will be here!  I'm hoping to finish up Jeff & Sara's guest book today.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamped images are from SU.  Colors are sahara sand and cherry cobbler.

Lots to do today - another Christmas get-together tonight and I'm cooking dinner.  So I'm off to clean up the mess I made yesterday getting boxes ready to mail, get things ready for dinner and hopefully have time to make some peanut brittle.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamped images are from SU.  Colors are artichoke, white and cherry cobbler.

Time to get serious about the Christmas shopping.  I have a couple of packages that need to be mailed so I better get the stuff I need for those put together today and get them to the post office.

Enjoy your day!

The card - love this funky snowman from Stamps by Judith.  Embossing folder is from Cuttlebug. 

Have to get my utility room cleaned up this morning - I was working on a sewing project last night and made a mess (nothing unusual about that :) but they are delivering my new washer and dryer this morning (I hope!) so I better get it picked up.  Then it's on to the rest of the house since I have a Christmas get-together here tonight. 

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamped tree is from SU.  Circle stamp is from Paper Inspirations.  Colors are artichoke and whie.

Ah, looking a bit more like Christmas this morning - a little dusting of snow on the ground!   Judy S and I are planning a shopping day so I guess I better get out and shovel the snow so I can be ready to go to breakfast and do some Christmas shopping.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamped image is from SU.  Colors are artichoke and white. 

Most of the Christmas cards are done and ready to mail.  Yay!  I do have a few left that have to be put together, but I ran out of ribbon so I have to borrow some from my friend Deb. 

I had thought that having to buy a new computer so close to Christmas was not the best thing, but at least a new computer is kind of a fun thing!  But having to replace the washing machine ......not so much!  Yep, it sprung a leak yesterday so I had to go buy a new one.  Dang, not good timing!  Oh well, such is life! 

Have some gift things I need to work on today.  So, I'm off to be crafty!

Enjoy your day!

Project Sunday - this is the Winter class project we did last week. 

Ah ha - I actually made some progress yesterday.  Got my Christmas cards figured out and my Christmas letter done!  Now it's just a matter of stamping, cutting and putting together 80 of the cards.  Guess what I'm doing today!

Enjoy your day.

Photo Saturday - a bit of winter in Ouray, Colorado.

My mission today is to actually figure out what I'm doing for Christmas cards - didn't make any progress yesterday, so it's back to the drawing board today.   

Have a great day!

The card - image is from SU.  Colors are kraft, cherry cobbler, espresso and vanilla.

Having issues with the placement this morning - can't get the picture or the writing where I want it- oh well, guess this works as well. 

Think I will try to work on my Christmas letter today.  Still need to figure out my Christmas card too - and I don't have a clue for either one.  Hopefully inspiration will come!

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamped image is from SU.  Sentiment is Hero Arts.  Colors are cherry cobbler, kraft, and espresso. 

I was gone for half the day doing errands yesterday, then Jeff came by and was here for a couple of hours and I still managed to make a total mess in half the house in what was left of the day.  Now, how the heck did that happen?   I guess I better get it cleaned up since we have our Shoebox Club tonight. 

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamped image is from SU.  Colors are vanilla, kraft and black.

Need to go do errands today - have stuff I need to get before Shoebox tomorrow night.  And it is supposed to be a bit warmer today - thank goodness.  Temperatures in the single digits are just not my cup of tea!

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamped image is from Penny Black.  I inked the stamp with kraft, then used markers to ink the greenery (artichoke) and letters (cherry cobler).  The card is kraft, mat is emobssed with folder from Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby brand). 

Not sure what my plan is for the day.  Have to get ready for class tonight but then I'll have to see what I should start on next. 

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamped image is from Paper Inspirations.  Tree is a Tim Holtz die cut that I embossed after I cut it out - tree is also popped up.

Time to get the basement cleaned up and ready for class tonight. 

Have a great day!

So this is what my basement/classroom area looks like with 30 people stamping, making cards, eating and chatting.  The card making was pretty much done by this time and most people had moved on to the food.  It was a great night!

Today's goal is to get my class projects cut and bagged for this week's classes.  

Have a wonderful day!

Photo Saturday - a little bit of winter on the Monument.

Since I have a class on Monday night and the project isn't finished yet I guess maybe I should get to work on that :) 

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamped images are from Unity.  The tree and the joy are cut out and the tree is popped up.  The clouds are punched from patterned paper and the snow is a scalloped circle.  The tree and joy are stamped in Limeade.  Patterened paper is from Tim Holtz.

The Christmas card class event went very well last night.  I just have to say that I have the best group of students ever!  They make me laugh and they are always so appreciative.  So, a big thank you to each and every one of them for making it all worth while!!!!

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamped image is from SU.  Embossing folder is from Sissix. 

Off to get ready for my class event tonight.  Food to prepare and setting up to do. 

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamped images are from SU.  Colors are white, riding hood red and artichoke.

Getting there - got the upstairs decorated yesterday - today I will have to get the basement cleaned up and start getting ready for my Christmas card class event which is tomorrow night.  (hence the need for getting the decorations up this early).   

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamped image is from SU.  Printed paper is from Little Yellow Bicycle.  Colors are white and indigo.

Progress!  The outside Christmas decorations are done - now I guess it's time to get the inside done. 

Have a great day!

The card - stamped images are from Unity.  Colors are kraft, artichoke and cherry cobbler.  I embossed the background after I stamped the 'joy'.  The tree is cut out and popped up.

How about those Broncos?  Another win and in overtime no less.  I might become a Tebow fan after all - well...... maybe!    One more class project to do this morning  and then hopefully I will at least get the outside Christmas decorations done this afternoon - at least that's my plan.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamped image is from SU.  Colors are kraft and riding hood red. 

A little football today and some stamping with my friend Judy S.  Oh yes, it will be a good day!   I made a lot of progress on class stuff yesterday, but the Christmas decorations still aren't up.  Oh well, there's always tomorrow :)

Enjoy your day!

Photo Saturday - a bit of fall color

Finishing up one set of class projects this morning and then maybe I'll get started on the Christmas decorations this afternoon.  Loving the nice sunny days we're having, but it sure doesn't do much to put me in the Christmas mood.  Maybe some holiday music will help :)

Enjoy your day!

The card - sentiment is from Tim Holtz.  Background is half of the brick embossing folder from Tim Holtz.  I inked the folder lightly to make it stand out a bit more. Leaves are punched from Tim Holtz paper. 

I hope everyone had a great day yesterday.  I certainly did.  Although neither of my kids were here, my friends made the day special and so much fun!     Today I am trying to decide between putting up the Christmas decorations or working on class projects - both of which need to be done.   I'm really not quite ready for the Christmas decorations yet, so I'm leaning more towards the latter option.  We'll see.

Have a wonderful day!

Happy

Thanksgiving!

The card - leaves are from Hero Arts and SU.  Sentiment is from Hero Arts.  Colors are suede, mustard and pool party.

Have errands to do this morning - just a couple of last minute items for dinner tomorrow.  Then it's time to get some housework done.  Looking forward to a day of fun, food and great company tomorrow. 

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamped word image is from Hero Arts.  The leaf is punched out of some Tim Holtz paper, sprayed with some water and wadded up.  Colors are kraft, espresso and vanilla.

Working on class projects today.  I thought I was so far ahead there for awhile, now it seems there's a whole lot of class projects that need to be done all at the same time - how did that happen?  

Enjoy your day!

The card - images are from SU.  The saying was printed on the computer using SU's MDS.  The leaf was stamped on vanilla using espresso and then I sponged some mustard on it.  Leaf embossing folder on the background is from Hobby Lobby.  Colors are suede, espresso and vanilla.

Oh my, the beginning of another week! and Thanksgiving week at that!  I'm losing time here....not a good thing.  Still trying to figure out this new computer - getting there, but it's definitely a process.  Need to get things cleaned up and organized downstairs and get ready for class tonight.  It's going to be a busy week!

Have a wonderful day.

The card - a very simple one today.  This is a matching stamp and embossing folder.  I stamped the image with kraft (on kraft paper) and then lined it up in the embossing folder - rather a cool effect.  I did discover it is a bit bigger so in order to have a top layer to wrap my ribbon around I had to make this a 5 x 7 card.

Going to try for a stamping day  - I'm feeling a little discombomulated with all the out of the ordinary things that have been going on around here - I think I need a day to do something ordinary and hopefully  be productive at the same time :)

Enjoy your day!

Photo Saturday - this is one of my favorite photos from the wedding.  Jeff's best man bought them this cool tandem cruiser bike for a wedding gift. 

Crop day today with the Good Time Girls.  Yay!  I'm hoping to get most of the wedding guest book finished today. 

Have a great day!

The card -  stamps are from SU.  I inked the stamp with kraft, then sponged some dusty durango here and there before stamping.  Colors are kraft, durango and vanilla.

I apologize for the late post today - my computer was dead this morning.  And I do mean dead.  So, my son & I have spent the day trying to get this new one set up.  Wow - what a time consuming process.  I still have lots to do and figure out, but I'm at least making some progress with it.  My son has gone home so now I'm on my own - we'll see how that works out! 

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamped image is from SU.  Colors are kraft, cajun, mustard and not quite navy.

Errands this morning and then I need to get things ready for my class tonight. 

Enjoy your day!

The card - not much stamping here.  Sentiment is from CTMH.  Colors are cajun, olive, kraft and mustard.  I sprayed the die cut leaves with water, then wadded them up to give them a little more texture.

Need to work on some class stuff today.  And do some laundry......and pick up some of the mess that somehow has spread to almost every room in the house (not sure how that happens).

Have a great day!

The card - leaves are from Hero Arts.  Flower is a die cut, center is a McGill punch.  Colors are olive, espresso and mustard.

Making progress on my 'to do list' for this week.  Yay!  Now if I can just keep the momentum going!

Enjoy the day!

The card - stamped image is from SU. Sentiment is from CTMH.  I colored the basket of pears with copics.  Although it doesn't show up well in the photo the basket is on a vanilla circle, layered on another vanilla circle.Colors are wasabi, espresso and vanilla.

I have a long list of things I want to get done this week so I guess I better decide what to start with and get to it.

Have a wonderful day!

 He never ceases to amaze me!  This is my son Jeff in his Halloween costume.  He looked online and found a picture of the outfit he wanted from Star Wars, and with only a picture to go by, went to the store and purchased the material and then proceeded to sew up this costume.  How cool is that?  (I certainly could not have done it - I have to have a pattern and step by step instructions for anything like that!)   I forgot to ask him how he managed to make his hair and beard gray - it's normally light brown. 

Aw....what to do today.......  not sure.  Probably should do some laundry.   Will probably watch some football (and hope for the best for the Broncos!)  Maybe get some stamping done.   Can you tell I don't really have a plan for the day?

Enjoy your day!