Happy New Years Eve Everyone!

Hi Friends!

I have some exciting news!

My Bestest Online Buddie (BOLB)

Heather Hudson

is starting a new adventure over on her blog

My Artistic Adventures!

Heather is a very talented artist... 

from painting, paper crafting, digital works and more!

She is a very generous person... 

giving of her time and talent to anyone and everyone!

She is the best friend I've never met!

(I'm hoping to change that some time this year though)

We met several years ago, online, and became friends fast!

I could gush on but I want to get to the exciting new adventure!

Heather is venturing into the 

Challenge Blog arena...

and

I am honored and excited to be a part of this with her!

As I mentioned above one of Heather's artistic talents is digital works. 

She creates a variety of digital collage sheets and these challenges will involve some of them.

Oh, and when I say "variety", I mean variety...

tags, sentiments, boxes, cones, shapes of all kinds, holiday themes.....

the list goes on!

Now,

to help you get started,

Heather is graciously offering everyone 

15% off of a $5 or more purchase!

You are not going to want to miss out on this sale!

I promise you will not be disappointed when you hop on over to 

Heather's Etsy Store

and see all that she has created for you to play with!

Use this coupon code: MYARTISTICADVENTURES... good til Jan 16th.

Trust me,

I have such a hard time deciding what I want when I stop by her store!

Oh wait, no I don't.....

I want it all!

Do you want a sneak peek?

Shhhh, don't tell anyone I showed you this.....

Awe heck.....

Go ahead,

Tell everybody!

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As you can see from the badge above,

(which you can get the html for, in the upper left corner, 

over at Heather's blog)

the challenges will start on the 2nd and 16th of each month!

The rules for the challenges are HERE!

First Challenge starts Jan 2nd!

Take a peak at our theme HERE

I hope to see you all there,

joining in on all the fun with us!

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For more information on Heather's New Challenge Adventure,

 to find out who else will be joining me on Heather's DT,

about being a Guest Designer & the DT Call

and much more... 

go to 

Heather's Blog

To see her digital collage sheets and take advantage of her 15% off offer,

go to

Heather's Etsy Store
(don't forget to use the coupon code I posted above)

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Happy New Years Eve!

And,

A Happy Healthy New Year to you all!

Bluish Christmas card...

Good morning everyone!

Today I want to show you another couple of my Christmas tag/envelop cards!

The grey flocked paper and blue ribbon is from my stash.

These cute little girl images are from the Christmas Children collage set and from Gecko Galz.

I printed them in two sizes.

The blue background papers are also from Gecko Galz, the Winter Wonderland paper pkg.

Above is a look at them side by side.

Below...card #2

I fussy cut a snowflake from the flocked paper and pop dotted it on the envelop.

On all the papers, both cards, I added a bit of pearl paint dabber to the edges.

The snowman image is from the Frosty collage set and the "25" ticket is from the Altered Christmas collage set at Gecko Galz.

The music note tag is from Heather Hudson's collage set, here.

Below...a side by side.....

Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Christmas Card

Hi everyone!

How are you all doing with your Christmas prep?

My tree is up 

and 

everything is decorated.

Most of my handmade gifts are done 

and some are even wrapped!

I "think" my shopping is done (are you ever really done shopping?)!

Most of my cards went to the Post Office this morning. 

Cookies need to be made soon. 

Although I had nothing to do with this one...

Snow is on the ground and the temps (Brrrr) are working pretty good at keeping the ground covered for a 

White Christmas

I hope you all are pretty well set and staying stress free!

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Tonight I want to show you one of the cards I made for Christmas this year.

I went a little different this year.....

I basically made a tag & envelope!

Here is the tag.....

The background paper is from an old paper pkg in my stash..sorry I don't have the name of it.

I used a Santa image from the Santa Clause Lane collage sheet from Gecko Galz.

The Merry Christmas ticket is from my digi stash.

I found them at Miss Cutiepie ages ago.

I added Burgandy Stickles on the edges of the Santa image as well as the ticket.

The flags, tucked under the Santa image, are a maroon velvet ribbon 

Below is the envelop.....

I added more of the velvet ribbon another, smaller, ticket and a white poinsettia from my stash.

Below you can see them both side by side.....

Merry Christmas Season!

Time for a new challenge.....

Good morning everyone!

We have a new challenge over at 

Treasured Times!

The challenge is

Christmas sparkle with glitter!

Here is my sample card.....

The digi stamp I used is 

Letters to North Pole 

designed by Christine Young.

Isn't it adorable?

The background paper is from 

Gecko Galz Winter Wonderland paper pkg.

I used a purple cardstock to mat my background and stamped image.

I colored the stamp with Spectrum Noir markers and added some fine white glitter, from my stash, to the mail box and snow on the ground.

Also from my stash, I added a little bit of lace.

White flocking was used on her outfit and the pompom on her hat. 

I cut the snowflake on my Silhouette Cameo, 

then added some $1 bin clear glitter glue for some sparkle. 

Here you can see that once again I used my trusty pop dots.

Also I added a bit of the same background papers on the inside of the card.

Below you can see a bit of the shine from the glitter on the mail box and a little bit of the fluff of the flocking on her outfit.

The flag on the mailbox was colored with a red metallic gel pen.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit 

and

 I hope you can stop by Treasured Times to see the other DT members sample as well!

Can't wait to see your projects entered over at Treasured Times in our 

Christmas Sparkle with Glitter challenge!

The challenge runs from now until Dec 31st.

Happy Crafting!

James & Sled Ornament

Good morning everyone! 

I have an ornament to show you today!

This little guy may look familiar if you saw my post on Dec 2nd.

I used the same digi stamp,
James & Sled designed by Erica Nicomedi,

for Treasured Times.

I printed out the image on cardstock, 

colored it with Spectrum Noir markers,

 then mounted it on to a piece of double thick cardstock for stability.

I fussy cut around the stamp.

Then I flipped the image,

colored it and glued it to the back side.....

Below you can see the white opal liquid pearls I used for the snow on the tree.

I used glossy accents on both back and front

then added a jump ring 

and ribbon to hang this little guy on the tree.

This little ornament will be going to my grandson for his Christmas tree.

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If you haven't already please stop by Treasured Times and join our challenge

The theme of the challenge is 

"All about Christmas"

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Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Treasured Times Release Party!

Good morning everyone!

I am happy share in the annoucement of 

Treasured Times Release Party!

If you did not start at Treasured Times please

 start HERE!

We have such a wonderful group of talented designers sharing their pieces with all of us!

Just look at all these great stamp designs.....

We on the design team were lucky enough to be able to play with these stamps. 

Below are my samples to show you....

I had fun not only using my Spectrum Noir markers but I also broke out the gel pens (metallic & glaze), haven't used them in ages!

The glitter paper is actually the cover to one of my daughters old notebooks,

it worked so perfectly with the colors of my gel metallic pens.

I had fun with the card below,

adding the confetti with the metallic pens.

I hope I was able to inspire you with my cards.

For more inspiration here are the links to all DT involved in the Release Party.....

Beverly

Carol (me)

Monica

Lori Ann

Please hop through all the blogs in the release party, 

enjoy all the inspiration,

leave comments

and 

maybe you can win the wonderful prize being offered!

The winner will be announce Dec 8th.

And that prize.....

I hope you enjoy the party!

Good luck to you all!

Merry Christmas card...

Good morning everyone!

Today I have a little Christmas card to share today.

I cut the card base out of white cardstock and added a scrap piece of patterned paper to it.

I then added a piece of mesh ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon) and topped it with a polka dot ribbon from my stash.

Using my trusty pop dots I added my image 

(Gecko Galz Christmas Kids collage set)

The wreath needed a little pizzazz so I used Bayou Glitter (Art Glitter)

and Rouge liquid pearls.

I printed out the Merry Christmas sentiment and added some $1 bin red glitter glue to the edges.

The little rose was an ivory color, 

I added some fired brick distress marker to the edges and sprayed it with Perfect Pearl mist.

To finish it off...I made a bow out of the Christmas twine (also from Really Reasonable Ribbon).

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I so appreciate your visit and all your kind words!

Have a great day!

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I am linking up to Really Reasonable Ribbons current challenge "BINGO"

I used the Bakers Twine/Image or text/Flower row!

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Links.....

Gecko Galz

Really Reasonable Ribbon

Art Glitter

Happy New Year card.....

Good morning everyone!

Today's DT project for Gecko Galz is a New Year's card! 

I started with a piece of white cardstock that I cut for my base 

and wiped rock moss ink (Ingvil Bolme) along the edges.

I added a bit of netting ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Using Moss Glimmer Mist I sprayed a piece of crochet ribbon, from my stash and added that to the top of my card.

The music note piece is a leftover piece from a tag I used on another project...

you can find these tags at Heather's Etsy shop.

The little girl image is from Gecko Galz 

Happy New Year Baby collage set. 

Finishing it off, I added a wooden holly piece (Prima) that I topped with peeled paint distress stain then added some Rouge liquid pearls for the berries.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving such wonderful comments!

Have a great day!

James & Sled

Good morning everyone!

Today we'll be starting a new challenge over at Treasured Times!

This challenge is "All about Christmas"

With that Christmas theme,
we on the DT, used the

James & Sled stamp by Erica Nicomedi.

Aren't they cute?

Love that tree too!

I used Spectrum Noir markers to color everything.

I added some white opal liquid pearls for the snow on the tree

and I painted the snowman with some pearl paint dabber paint.

I added a couple of black I-rock gems for the snowmans coal eyes. 

Waterfall Stickles was used around the edges of my stamped piece.

My background paper is from 

Gecko Galz Winter Wonderland paper pkg.

The blue ric-rac ribbon is from my stash.

In the picture above you can see that I added pop dots to raise my image about the background. 

I think I am addicted to those pop dots, I don't seem to be able to make anything without a few somewhere!

The challenge runs until Dec 14th at 11:55pm PST

Hope you can come on over,
check out the rest of the DT's inspirational projects
 and join our challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tag ornament

Good morning everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

I had a nice, quiet, dinner with my husband and daughter.

My other kids were back home with their familys.

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Today I wanted to show you this cute ornament I made. 

I have been trying to make a bunch of  different ornaments because I love a variety on my tree, 

so when I knocked down my basket full of tags and found this little one,

 in the mess, 

I thought it would make a cute addition to my collection...

once I decked it out of course!

Once I got it all decked out I thought it looked like a front door!

What do you think?

The center, script banner/ribbon piece is from Gecko Galz, 

it has a bit of burgandy stickles on the edges.

The tag itself I stamped some snowflakes, randomly, 

with weathered wood distress ink
then added some glitter to the edges.

I used Challis from Art Glitter.

The crochet lace on the bottom is from my stash.

The wooden wreath is from Prima.

I added some pealed paint distress stain then added the berries and bow with rouge liquid pearls.

I added a bow that I made 

and a couple of beads to the jewelry wire hanger that I formed.

Below is a crooked picture of it on the tree! 

LOL

Thanks for stopping by!

Hope you all have a great week!