~More Hand Made Christmas Gifts~

Good morning my crafty friends!

Boy it is getting cold here at home and I am in a flurry for CHA

projects this week, but I also am taking a few minutes to create

more hand made gifts. This is a little wall hanger that I created

using a tiny hat box lid♡♡♡

It is almost completely make from Kanban Crafts goodness,

I really LOVE the Kanban style I have to say *loves*

I just covered the lid with the embossed papers, and

went crazy from there! :)

You can't see it very well but under the copper ribbon

if some gold mirror reflective paper from Kanban.

It was a fun project and I am sure someone in my life will enjoy it.

Last night we ran out and finished up the kids Christmas shopping,

as they get older it gets more expensive LOL

Are you making any gifts this year?

~Holiday Gift Giving *Handmade*~

Good morning my friends,

Thank you all for the sweet comments yesterday♡♡

Feels silly to miss an online existence but I did! LOL

Ok, I TRY and I do mean TRY to eek out a few holiday gifts

that I hand make every year, and this year I have decided to make

wall hangings along with a few other items.

I made this for a local family, who's last name is RICE,

and I used a Clear Scraps acrylic circle as the base.

Then I added Momenta paper and embellishments, and

Teresa Collins pearl strands.

Now their style is minimalistic with an eclectic edge so I went

with basic black/silver/cream colors. Cool tones.

Now let's hope the stormy weather moves away so I can

take photos of all the projects I am making this week!

I have 3 on my desk now waiting for my camera.

Also I need to photograph this FUN Christmas/WINTER Tally Scrapper kit...

wait until you see what I put together!!! WOOHOO I am excited about it.

Happy Tuesday my friends♡♡♡♡

Oh and stay tuned, I have a Christmas GIFT giveaway coming soon....

~Guess Who's BACK!!~

Heeeeeyyyy!!!!!!!! Guess who is back my friends??! :)

So happy to be back on schedule and playing with my

friends online and with paper again!!

I created this Kanban Crafts card yesterday, just in the nick of time.

We actually spent the day in Nashville getting family portraits taken

and having a pizza party at hub's work. It was so lovely.

I was happy to get home and create a little before bed while the

kids and hubs were outside putting the Christmas lights up.

I will get photos later.

I think this week I will share photos of my projects PLUS photos

of the last 2 weeks. We took a trip to the Bass Pro Shop in Nashville

and had our FREE photo taken with Santa.

This was before we got in line (which was short) considering it was Black

Friday LOL Anyways in the front entrance they have a fireplace.

The boys were tickled to play in man's world for a while.

Here was our cute pass.

And the photo I snapped! (Better then the one they took LOL)

But the one they took I love of course and bought a package.

And of course the FREE carousel ride after.

With the adorable Polar Bear, oh and the carved bear he is

riding on.

This picture is the elusive and rare smiling teenager.

More photos to come and if you have boys (or girls) and have not

been to the Bass Pro Shop, I have to say, they really embody what

Christmas is all about, FREE crafts for the kids, a SUPER awesome rad staff,

FREE photo with Santa, and free activities.

I almost cried in the store, it was so amazing and the staff

was just so sweet and caring. It reminded me of the old

Woolworth's back in the day and where family's went to shop

and visit. We had a perfectly lovely time. Oh and they had hoodies for

10.00 Black Friday...BONUS for us LOL

Ok off to create today because I have oodles of catching up to to!

Love you all and thanks for waiting for me *MUAH*

~Almost Back From Vacation~

Good morning my friends,

I have so missed blogging and creating but since my company

arrived we have been in a whirlwind of traveling, visiting, and games.

I wanted to take a few minutes while they are out with the car

exploring local fare.....this is a picture of the boys waiting

to see grandma and grandpa at the airport.

Any minute now!

Here is the first night at our home, playing Scrabble LOL

The boys could not wait to get them into game mode.

Here we are at the local Discovery Center our second day,

we have not stopped since day one.

The boys got a kick out of this hand carved boat.

Even grumpy teenager had a chuckle.

I will share more pictures later this week.

I did sneak into my crafty room this week while the in laws

took the car and explored. I created a few goodies.

I used my Clear Scraps acrylic and made this special Christmas Card.

I embossed it then stickled it.

Today I take my oldest to the doc to find out if he needs a second

surgery on his nose or if we wait and see,

then off to buy new shirts for picture day on Friday!

Friday we have a trip to Nashville to get our family photo taken

then off to some sweet TN BBQ, then Saturday at 5am

we all head to the airport to say goodbye.

It has been a whirlwind but a good visit and we re thinking next year

it will be a Christmas visit, so pencil me in to be away LOL

Happy Thursday my friends....♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

~Gobble Gobble Fun~

Good morning my crafty friends and happy holidays to you!

I stopped last week to make a project with my kids, these cute

turkey cards (or name tags) for the boys teachers.

The boys are always begging to play with my toys and I decide

with my new iTop 2.0 I would let them, so we wrapped twine

around the XL brads and made these Turkey cards!

It was not only simple but I think they are adorable!

And of course since they are showcasing the iTop 2.0 on the

Imaginisce blog this week, they are giving them away!

So go check it out and sign up to win! :)

I am wondering if these might work at the Thanksgiving table too? Hmmmm

Oh and the in laws arrived safe and sound yesterday, we are all

a bit worn down but the boys were so excited!

The got to playing games right away...

The boys are convinced they just came to play games! LOL

Well have a wonderful week my friends, I am off to turkey shop!

~Snow Cards & Family Time, DT Call!~

Good morning my friends,

as you read this I am probably headed into town to pick up my

in laws for a lovely 2 week visit.

I will probably miss a few days in the next 2 weeks, so don't leave me! LOL

I wanted to share this card I made after I made my own stencils

using the Momenta Stencil maker. It was a fun little project.

I have a feeling I will be making a video tutorial this week for it! :)

Plus I have been DYING to use this stamp that has been in

my craft drawer for months, since I on it on Dawn's blog!

Snowflakes Are Winter's Butterflies....I LOVE THAT.

Oh and this was all made with Momenta and while I am sharing with you

I thought I would let y'all know Momenta us having a design team call!

I am so blessed to work with them, what a fantastic company.

I know many of you are super talented, go try!

Here is the link:

http://mymomentablog.blogspot.com/2011/11/design-team-call.html

The call is currently open and runs through December 15th.

Requirements:

1. You must love Momenta products!

2. You must be able to commit to a 1 year term, which will be from
December 15, 2011 through December 31, 2012

3. You must be at least 18 years of age.

4. You will be responsible for creating and posting 3-4 projects per month that include step-by-step instructions as well as be involved in the Design Team Forum.

5. You agree to release the rights of your designs to Momenta for display on the
company website, blog, in company publications, and as needed for trade shows.

6. You must be willing to submit to publication calls 2-3 times per month.

In return you will receive:

1. Generous product shipments filled with Momenta Products.

2. Your picture and bio on the Momenta website.

To apply please send the following to jcripps@momenta.com with the subject line "DT Call 2012" with the following:

1. Full name, address, phone number and email address

2. Link to your blog/website and an online gallery of your work (if you have a separate gallery).

3. Links to your Facebook profile, Twitter account (if applicable), You Tube account (if you have one), and any other online social media you would be willing to use to promote Momenta.

4. A link to your current online resume or include in the email body current obligations, design teams, and publications, if any.

5. Attach 3 samples of your recent work (within the last 6 months) which best showcases your style. It is not a requirement that you use Momenta products, but it is beneficial as we want to see what you can do with our products!

Please attach photos of the projects to your submission email. Images must be .jpeg each under 500KB in size.

Submission deadline is December 15, 2011

Our design team members will be notified via email and announced on the blog shortly after!

Ok that's it for me today! Wish me luck this week, so much

to do and so little time.....Happy Monday My Friends~

~Holiday Cards & New Tool~

Good morning my friends...

well the count down begins for company arriving.

To be perfectly honest I will probably miss a few days of blogging.

My in laws are arriving shortly and staying until Dec. 3rd. I imagine

the entire first week will be pretty packed but I will update when I can!

I made these card using something special....

WAX!!! yea buddy WAX! haha

Have you seen the new tool the Sizzle & MELT tool from Purple Cows?

Well that is what I used for these cards.

These amazing cards are pre-made from Momenta (blank) and

I used the Sizzle tool to melt silver wax and emboss it onto

a Clear Scraps ATC Card.

Also all the snowflakes on the card are silver wax.

OHH OH and the edges on the card below, I painted it on with the melt tool!

The embossed silver cardstock is Momenta, and I stamped on it

using StazOn ink so it would not smear.

I really loved making these cards, it was a fun project to make

black Christmas cards, who says you can use black for Christmas?! LOL

~Friday Fun~

Good morning!!!

We are in the countdown to Thanksgiving and to my in laws arriving.

My boys are so excited but we are also in DR. mode, 3 visits in one week,

so wish me luck today! :) My friend Jeannie who is a whiz made me this

personalized blinkie, I just think it's so cute! Ok she needs about 50 pounds on her but besides that it's me! LOL

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Happy Friday and I will be back tomorrow with new projects, I actually have a few in the works including making my own stencils, but with sick kids and company coming it is all on my desk LOL

I think I will see what I have for a giveaway for anyone who uses my blinkie...whatcha think? Good right?

Thanks Jeannie!!!! Here is her blog

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Don't forget to enter my Cricut Cartridge GIVEAWAY this week! You still have time!

~GIveaway + Advent Calendar Tutorial~

Ok my crafty friends, it is FINALLY the 17th and my HOG THE BLOG

is up on the Imaginisce blog...I gave a step by step tutorial for this simple

advent calendar, and I bought a GIVEAWAY!

So head on over to the Imaginisce Blog and COMMENT!

Also don't forget about the Cricut Cartridge GIVEAWAY on this blog! :)

Happy Thursday!!

~GIVEAWAY + Excitement At Home & TOMORROW!!!!~

Good morning my friends,

TOMORROW is the day *happy dance* the day I HOG THE BLOG

on Imaginisce and I bought a special GIVEAWAY for it too!

PLEASE check out the Imaginisce blog tomorrow! :)

In the mean time I have a GIVEAWAY today!

I don't have this cartridge but think it would go to better use

somewhere else for sure so I am giving it away.

All you have to do is leave a comment here!! Be sure to check back tomorrow

for my HOG THE BLOG on Imaginisce, and next Friday I will post a WINNER!

In the mean time the dining room set arrived yesterday,

I think it look lovely, I hope it stands the test of time.

It's much darker then the photo showed online and we never got to see

it in person, but it's pretty and really sturdy. Even my jolly green giants

should not be able to break it (I hope).

Ok I am off to get ready for tomorrow, plus we have only 3 days until

company arrives, so much to do and so little time!

Have a beautiful Wednesday~

~Video Tutorial For The Card That Made Me Mad!!~

Good morning my crafty friends,

Are you ever on a roll, I mean really cranking out the crafts

and very excited about it....then all of a sudden it all crashes LOL

I was that way last week, I was on a roll, I made a video tutorial,

I made a step by step photo tutorial for Imaginisce & Glue Arts...

I was rolling along with my alcohol inks and Clear Scraps,

then BOOM LOL

I went to put this card together and the ribbon went crazy!

(Here is the video for the snowflake)

I could not get my ribbon to set right for anything.

In the end it was too late, I had made the video and set it all up

so I just rolled with it and photographed it anyways.

Hey no one is perfect right? LOL The technique is fun and using the

Glue Arts Adhesive squares with glitter...well it rocks.

But don't look at the card! hahahaha

Happy Tuesday my friends, thank you for popping by and saying hello

it's so amazing to wake up and read comments every day.

I appreciate every one of you!