2011 365 #192 - santa and reindeer - happy new year too

Happy New Years Eve everyone...hope everybody has a safe and happy celebration tonight...we are just staying in with movies and finger food and doing not much of anything (just the way we seem to like it)...normally it is go go go all the time, so it is nice to just have an evening of nothing...look forward to it every year...and with that, another project 365 comes to a close...I got lots done this year...in my opinion anyway...and it will all start again tomorrow...yippee...if you want to join in too, just leave a comment on this post and I can link you up in the sidebar...the more the merrier when it comes to participating...remember, there are no rules...just a push to get you to take your stuff out of the packages and actually use it...my goal this year is 365 different projects and hopefully completing 1000 paper projects in total...that was my goal last year too, but I only made it to the 500 mark...just too busy to get much more than that done...but not this year....starting right away and making a plan....I will get the mark this year...come on out and join in the fun, will ya?  The project above were done at our stamp club...aren't they cute? 

SOS challenge - Tie it up - 2011 365 # 190 - ICU

The challenge this week at Shopping our Stash is tie it up - the sponsor is Bugaboo...I thought that this would be the ideal tied up image and the peach paper is supposed to represent the bum cheeks being "hidden" under a hospital gown...hope the effect was reached, and it is not too gruesome too look at...why don't you come on out and play along with us this week...

Merry Christmas everyone!

Merry Christmas everyone!  Hope everyone had a great Christmas morning and Santa brought all kinds of goodies for everyone...we had a great day here...the weather is warm (well for here it is, still frozen outside but comfortable) and sunny....unusual for sure for this time of year....and the gifts are opened...now we just relax till dinner...have a safe and healthy merry Christmas...and don't eat too much!

SOS soft as a snowflake card- 2011 365 #189

well, we are into the final Christmas countdown now..yikes, that came up so quickly...hope all your holiday plans go well and everything is calm and peaceful for you all!  This week's Shopping our Stash project is to be soft as a snowflake...This snow flake was hard brown chipboard when I started...I covered it in sparkle fluff to give it a fuzzy texture...that little mitten is one that I bought about 10 years back...thought it was sooo cute...now I have used it..yay me!  I am using everything up this year...and next year...that is my goal...come on out and join us, won't you?

2011 365 #187 - mom's bday card

Happy birthday MOM....sixty...yikes...I made this card for my mom's birthday this week...I already gave it to her, so I can post it now...I am going to enter it in the Paper Sundaes celebrate challenge, cuz it is definitely a celebration...

2011 #186 - owl christmas card

okay, those of you who know me know and understand that I am not a fan of birds...in fact, I kind of hate them....but that doesn't mean that I will discriminate them, I will still use them in my projects, especially when the recipient loves them (beyond me how, but hey...to each their own).  I made this card for someone who is infatuated with owls....they are all paper pieced and in 3-d over the branches...but you cant really tell in the pic...her gift tag was also one of the owl ones in one of my previous posts...and who knew, but she loved it...yay me...

opus gluei - white Christmas - 2011 #188

The Poohbahs over at the Opus Gluei this week are asking us to do a white Christmas project...everyone from around here would normally roll their eyes at the fairy tale of a nice white Christmas...we are in for a treat this year, as we are having a Christmas that is not, I repeat, not going to be all that white...this is not normal and I am totally not complaining....it has been gorgeous out and can stay that way for the whole winter if it likes...hopefully this card will not jinx the way the weather has been treating us...I made this tree out of felt, but I am not sure if you can tell by the picture...I sewed all of these vintage buttons on it and added some beads...then I inked the doily and added some background paper on the tree, because it was blending in just a little too much...come on out and play with us, won't you?

SOS Challenge #30 - 2011 365 #185 - tag it krafty

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is called "tag it krafty", and I think I succeeded...we had lots of options to play along with...make a tag, use kraft cardstock or use an image from Dilly Beans.  I did all three plus more.  I made 45 tags this week...some for my gifts, but most I sell at work to raise money for our local cheer board.  They are a pretty good deal at .50 cents each (at least I think they are).  I have 100 for sale at work, so hopefully we can make a $50 donation of new toys by the time Christmas comes...it is so much more fun to make stuff when there is a good goal at the end of the road...so come on out and play along with us this week, won't you?  I am sure there are still lots of gifts that need tags on them anyway...

SOS challenge - white or light - 2011 365 #184

This week's challenge over at Shopping Our Stash has lots of options to get you to participate...you can use lots of white in your card...or something with lights in your project...or even a Meljens image...lots of choices out there for you...I tried to incorporate all three...I used lots of white space...light colours and Christmas lights...and 2 Meljens images printed together...look at me go...even had to reverse one so the rabbit was looking at the mail box instead of away from it...so, if I could figure out all of that for one little card, I am sure you can come up with an idea to play along with us as well....

Opus Gluei Challenge - gingerbread - 2011 365 #183

This week's challenge over at the Opus Gluei is gingerbread...well...it appears that the other poohbahs (except Rosemary)...are gingerbreadman humbugs - none of them like to eat those delicious little people, but not me....they are one of my favorite all time treats...love the spicy-ness about it or something cuz once I start, I can't stop...there is not a gingerbread person who is safe around me...but unlike the other evil gingerbread eaters in my house (who all start with the head for a quick and painless death), I like to start with the extremities and torture those poor little cookies...then I can see their smiling faces when I take the last bite! I must warn those faint of heart that the inside of this card says "Oh Bite Me...another Christmas Card"...so why not come on out and join in on this sweet challenge with us this week?

2011 365 #182 - birthday card

I made this card for a friend at work's birthday...I was looking for a bit of a different colour combo...I am entering it in the Creative Inspirations colour challenge because the colours that I happened to pick are their challenge this week...who knew?