Sparkling Angel

Hi everyone!
I can't believe it's been so long since I last posted! Christmas really got the better of me this year! Maybe next year I'll get wise and get started on everything in October instead of November. Yeah right LOL! I'm one of those people who work better under pressure.

Despite my lack of posting I have been stamping a lot. I just put around 30 new cards in my Etsy shop today, and this is one of them. I just think this angel is the cutest little thing! She's from Stampin' Up! and I stamped her once on white card stock and then I embossed her on the patterned paper, cut out the dress and paper pieced it onto the stamped image. I also colored the little flowers on her dress and added sticky blue rhinestones to the centers. I LOVE this paper from K&Co. too. I felt like I'd been neglecting my punches for awhile too, so I made the little flowers in the corners, punched some leaves and then added baby blue sticky back pearls to the centers of the flowers. I swear these little sticky back pearls are so addicting - which reminds me I need to make a trip to Michael's this week for more. Hee Hee!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! We're actually not done celebrating yet because my sister and her family were in FL over the holiday so we're celebrating with them this weekend. And wow is it going to be another busy weekend at that! We're getting together with friends on New Years Eve, then we get together with my husband's family on New Years Day, and then my whole family is coming here the day after that. Yikes! I'm going to need a vacation soon. LOL.

Take Care & God bless!
Sue :o)

It's Snowin' and Blowin'

Hi everyone!
Boy I've been neglecting this blog, haven't I? I've just been so busy! The good news is I've gotten a lot done over the last week and I should be (I hope I am anyway) able to relax very soon.
I don't know about your neck of the woods, but it's snowing and blowing like crazy here in Indiana! After Bible study this morning I had to walk over to the office (just across the parking lot) and I swore the wind was going to knock me off my feet! The temps are supposed to drop tonight too and everything is going to freeze! Ugh! My poor hubby has an hour's drive home in this yuck too, so if you have a minute please send up a little prayer for him for safe travel.
I don't have any cards to show today, but I will soon. In light of the magical winter wonderland outside, I thought I share some photos of my magical winter wonderland inside. LOL. I love, love, love snowmen and have quite the collection. This is only a smidge of them though. I hope you enjoy AND that you're warm, safe and happy wherever you are.
God bless!
Sue :o)

Is It Christmas Yet?

Oh wow, I hope not. LOL. I am so not ready for the best holiday of the year. I'm going on the third day of decorating my house, but of course I'm doing other things as I'm decorating. That's why it takes me three days to get it all done. My Bible study group is hosting a Ladies' Tea at church in a few weeks and we've been preparing for that, along with shopping and cleaning and working on my lessons for Sunday morning children's worship. Whew. Sometimes I think I'm involved in too many things. My husband would nod and laugh if he heard me say that. And to boot my son has been sick and at home for the last two days! He had 102.6 fever last night. He's okay now though, so Mom can relax a little.

I have a few Christmas cards to post today, and much more in the works. There's a lot on my desk that still needs to be photographed, and I will get to it eventually. I'm very excited because my father in law gave me an early Christmas present this year - he told me go out and buy the Cricut and some cartridges - so I did! I've been having a lot of fun playing with it and can wait to start showing some of my creations.

Stamp Credits:
The Snowmen are Great Impressions
The Nativity is from Clear Dollar Stamps
The Holly Berry is Penny Black

I'll try to post again soon. In the meantime, God bless!
Sue :o)

Cherry Pie

Hi Everyone!

I hope you all had a great weekend! I spent a lot of time in my craft room on Saturday and got caught up on custom orders. Among other things, I wanted to get some non-Christmas related cards done for my Etsy shop, and here's one of them.

The cherry pie stamp is from Pink Cat Studio. I embossed and colored it on watercolor paper, cut it out and then added Diamond Glaze to the cherries to make them shine and Stickles to the whipped cream. The piece of pie is popped up on foam tape, and I added dry embossed paper and red striped brads as accents. I just love the cherry background paper too (DCWV)!

I'm not going to have a lot of time in the craft room today. I have to go pay our real estate taxes (groan) and I need to get some shopping done (double groan). I guess I'm weird because I absolutely hate shopping - except for at the craft store and unfortunately I don't need to go there today.

I hope you have a great day! Hugs!

Sue :o)

Polar Bear

Hi everyone!

Here's a card I made yesterday with one of my oldest stamp sets. It's from SU and I think it's perfect not only for Christmas but for winter cards too. All the papers are Die Cuts With a View, and I added blue and silver star brads as accents.

I'm not sure how I managed to get a whole Saturday where I don't have something going on at church or with family, so I'm taking advantage of it and playing in my craft room today. Hubby is up on the house putting up lights, so I'm laying low. :o) I don't go on the roof!

I hope you're all having a great weekend!

God bless!

Sue :o)

Twinkling Christmas Kitty

Hi everyone!

I'm taking a little break from making Christmas cards and I thought I'd post one I just put up in my shop. I just love this stamp from Stampendous! I've been challenging myself to find some different ways to embellish my cards, so today I went searching through all my little drawers and found these wonderful sparkly little rhinestones. I thought they'd be perfect for Christmas - sort of like Christmas tree lights. I also found a corner punch I forgot I had! LOL. It's amazing what one can find in their own stamp room, isn't it? I also did this card a little differently in that I didn't emboss the image on watercolor paper. I stamped it twice on regular white card stock and then cut out the kitty and the star and popped it up on foam tape. I think it turned out pretty cute!

Alright, I must get busy again. I've got an order to get in the mail, I need to get my cards and paperwork from this week in order, and someone from church ordered a bunch of sympathy cards. It'll be a busy day! I hope you're having a great one!

Hugs!

Sue :o)

Holiday Hustle and Bustle

Hi everyone!

Just a quick post today as I'm heading to bed shortly. It's been a busy week, but busy in a good way. Yesterday, we finished up all the Christmas shoeboxes at church and delivered them, and now they're on their way to children all over the world. It's hard to believe there are children who have nothing - and I love working on this project because it reminds me early in the season that Christmas is about Jesus and his love for us, rather than presents and running ourselves ragged. I also love working on this project because one of my best friends - let's call her Mz. Nastypepper - works on it with me, and we always have a great time together. :o)

Anyhow -- I thought I'd share some Christmas projects I've been working on here and there this last week. The first card is another snowman trio from Great Impressions. I told you it's my favorite stamp :o). This was a custom order for one of my customers and I have to say I may need to make a few more for msyelf - if I have enough eyelets leftover from this one. The second card was made with a High Hopes stamp. Isn't that the cutest nativity scene? I stamped that one in Memento tuxedo black ink and then colored with my watercolor pencils, and I found that beautiful gold embossed background paper at Joanne's. And finally, the last picture is a set of really simple Christmas gift tags made with nothing more than a Martha Stewart snowflake punch, scalloped edge scissors and card stock. I have some in my Etsy shop, and I made some more for myself.

Well, that's it for tonight. Tomorrow I have some shopping to do in the morning and then I plan on working in the craft room non-stop. I hope you're all staying well in your neck of the woods!

Take care and God bless!

Sue :o)