OCC challenge week 23

Denise at Our Creative Corner challenged us to use snowmen and/or snow in our cards for this week. I can count on one hand how many times I've seen snow in my lifetime! But I've got a crap-load of snow/snowman stamps and only ONE "tropical" stamp set! So I pulled out Snowflake Kisses and Winter Memories stamp sets. I stamped the snowman, then stamped him again and cut him out so I could use him as a mask so I could stamp my snow. Then I went back in with Prisma Glitter, Blue Stickles and Blue Liquid Pearls and dotted the snowflakes here and there. I paper pieced the snowman's scarf. I embossed the three larger snowflakes with Winter Magic...it's got glitter in the embossing powder for one less step! Then I cut them out and added bling to the center of each and pop-dotted them with different heights of pop-dots for some dimension. I used the quilt pattern from Evansong paper pack for my base.

Christmas Bows

So friend Jeanne over at silly to sane. . . . posted these ADorABle bows that she found on Splitcoast a week or so ago. And I knew I had to try them! I pulled out Evansong paper pack this morning and went to town! The first few pieces, I was all fumble-fingered trying to figger out how do I fold these dad-gummed thangs anyhow! Talking to myself. Willing myself NOT to get impatient and mess them up. And once I got it figured out and got myself a rhythm going...well...just look out! I was a bow-making fool! I will need quite a few more, but want to try some with the Apen paper pack as well. Here's just a few of what I got done today. Oh, and since I know you'll ask...here's the link on where to find them!

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/dsp_bow

I stand corrected!

My three loyal readers! I was feeling a bit fiesty yesterday morning!

Thanksgiving dinner with the fam was wonderful, as always! Too much food! I told everyone I was not making my asparagus or the beer bread ever again because no one ever eats either of them! There was no beer bread left and people were looking for more. There were three asparagus spears left! I hate it when food goes to waste!

Everybody noshing. Not a whole lotta talking going on. Stuffing our faces! Jan, after cleaning her plate, told everyone that nothing was good and she only ate it all so's no one felt bad. Yeah, right Jan. We got your number, girlfriend!

Just us girls. Mom, Sue, Kathy and Janice. In order of birth! I'm the oldest, then Kath and Jan.

The girls and their kids (or in my case, favorite oldest nephew, favorite youngest nephew and favoite Princess niece!) Mom, Sue, Kathy, Jan, Joy and Jake in front and Kyle in the back...because he's 18 feet tall!

Unka Him (Uncle Jim. Joy had problems saying her "J's" when she was a kid, and I though Unka Him was such a cute name, I still call him that!) and Joy playing dress-up. He's got two girls of his own, so he's quite adept at playing dress up. And is such a great sport about it!

Jan as "Punkin Head!"

Giving Thanks

For all (two) of my Faithful Readers! For friends and family. For being able to live free.

We'll be heading 30 miles south to my youngest sisters house later today. Everyone brings a dish (or twelve) and we always eat too much! I've got roasted asparagus, a blueberry jello salad and Tastefully Simple Beer Bread that I'll be taking. Check back tomorrow for pictures.

Happy Thanksgiving all.

Blooming things

This is one of the great things about living in Florida. Stuff blooms year-round. Went out to take care of the chickens and the pond a bit ago and saw my Abe Lincoln rose is blooming. And our pink seedless grapefruit tree is loaded again this year. Since we're both on Chol meds, we have to limit our grapefruit eating, so John's folks get most of the fruit. And they don't complain one bit!!! We have a cold front moving thru today as well. We were "supposed" to get some rain, but all we seem to be getting is clouds. They are moving very quickly across the sky and I liked the way they looked with the flag in the foreground.

OCC challenge week 22

I used to make all of the month's birthday cards I needed on the first of any given month. Now I wait for the Our Creative Corner to make them! Bil Bruce's birthday is next week, so this week's entry is on it's way to him.

Denise had a sketch for us to work with this week. So I pulled out Good Times paper pack along with Star Struck, Party Blocks, Spot On Background, Say It In Style and Tiny Typewriter Alphabet stamp sets. The stars at the corners were stamped on coasters, cut out and have Distress Stickles on the edges. The party hat has Diamond Stickles and Sassy Strands for the top of the hat.

More Christmas gifts

There are three young ladies I know that have all sorts of treasures. I found these boxes online earlier this year, I don't remember where! I ordered them, along with some other things to alter, not really having any idea of what I'd do with any of them. This morning it came to me! I'd alter the boxes and give them to the young ladies to store their treasures in! A couple of coats of paint, some scraps of paper, some blingy flowers and some glittery flowers and I have three more gifts complete!