Anniversary card for an awesome couple...

I've been working frantically for the past few days, not on my Advent Calendar, but rather on an Anniversary card for friends of ours whom we've known almost all our married lives. We call them "The Others" because they are also a Bill and Barb couple.

I just didn't have an image that I thought was really appropriate for an anniversary, until I remembered that Mo, at Mo's Digital Pencil has just the perfect image. It is called 'Jack and Ginger'. Well the couple I'm sending this to aren't quite THIS old, but it's a sweet image and I loved coloring it.

I made this one an Easel Card - they are sooooo fun to do - and it is also this week's entry to Crazy 4 Challenges challenge blog.



Here is a side view of the card...



I love to put flowers on my cards as well as charms. I didn't have a charm suitable for this card so I used one of my large roses (so precious to me and I guard them carefully) and surrounded it with smaller roses, MS Branch punch as well as Leaf punch and everything was glimmered up with Bronze and Pearl Shimmer Mist (love that stuff).



This one is ready to go into the mail, but I'm going to wait for my new envelope box template, which I have just ordered, to arrive. The new template will make a box which is 6X6 and is 3/4" deep, so it will accomodate my embellishments.

The pretty glittery Tulle is from my friend Millie, who just inspires and encourages me so much. Thanks Millie for your generous heart and dear friendship.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my lastest creation. Your comments always make my day and inspire me to go just one step farther into my creativity. :-)

Little Elf update...

Well, I'm coming along on my little Elf project. The box is together and I'm almost finished coloring my images. I'm beginning to feel that it will be finished in plenty of time for the Christmas season. Now, what shall I put in those drawers?
H-m-m-m!

Magnolia-licious Highlites November Challenge...

Woohoo! I have another card made! This one is for the Magnolia-licious Highlites November challenge, which is a sketch. Since I had these papers already out on my table, and I just love this Christmas ornament paper, I decided to use it up. The sketch is by Kerry Donovan-Casey, such a talented gal and I just love it.

Although you can't really see it the panel holding the flowers and sentiment is wrapped in ribbon to be like a present. I repeated that theme on the inside of the card.



The circular sentiment is from Magnolia Sweden. The gold organdy ribbon was purchased online while the gingham is from Hobby Lobby. The flowers are from the wedding section at Michaels, the leaves are the Martha Stewart Branch punch and sprayed with glimmer mist.



Here is a close up of Dinner Tilda from the A Little Yummy for your Tummy collection. I used tiny gold pearls for the necklace and bracelet. The shoes were coated with some Diamond Glaze just on the toes. I used my new Nestabilities die for the scalloped background as I thought it looked similar to the shape of the ornaments on the paper (Hobby Lobby)...



The inside of the card simply repeated some of the elements of the card front...



Thanks for visiting my blog, your comments are always welcome...

Robot Boots!

Now anyone who is raising young children will identify with this...anyone who has raised young children will also identify. Why do we spend our hard earned dollars on all those expensive toys that line the shelves at any toy store, or elbow and fight our way through horrific lines at Christmas to ensure our children have the very latest and heavily advertized new toys?

Here is a simple solution, thought up by our 3 1/2 year old grandson while I was preparing dinner. ROBOT BOOTS! And what are those on his feet? Empty boxes!! Doesn't matter that they didn't match, they were his Robot Boots and he had a blast with them for about 30 minutes until they fell completely fell apart. Enjoy...

Halloween Night - so much fun...

This year even the girls got to participate in Halloween a little. Their mom had ordered costumes for the three kids and they were so cute. The girls went dressed as princesses and Jordan was a pirate - Arghhhh!

We took them to a church for a free hotdog dinner and lots of games and tons of candy. While Bill took Jordan around to all the different stations, the girls and I parked ourselves at the tail end of all the event booths and they got to crawl around and keep busy. I stayed pretty busy too dragging them back to the safe zone where they wouldn't get trampled down. When that was over we headed home and did some trick or treating on our own neighborhood.

Here are some pictures of the splendid event...

Here are the girls before we got them into their costumes. They got into the box of diaper sacs and were having so much fun...



They munched on cheetos while we scarfed down our hot dogs and cookies - yum! And "Grammy, what are these things on our legs called again?"



I tried for all I was worth to keep them together for this shot...no such luck...



The girls really enjoyed themselves while Jordan did all the games...


Here's my Darlin' Boy...forever and always...





Then my camera died. We never think to bring along spare batteries - duhhhh! But all in all it was a very fun evening...

The Pixie Cottage Challenge 2 - Celebrate

When I saw this image over at Mo's Digital Pencil I just knew it would be perfect for all kinds of occassions! Without even putting a sentiment on this card, the expressive image speaks for itself!

This week's challenge at The Pixie Cottage is to make a card that expresses Celebration!



So here is my entry for Challenge #2...



Card Recipe:

Cardstock - All SU!
Paper - Bo Bunny Kitchen Spice Nutmeg
Pins - my stash
Flowers - my stash
Pearl brads - my stash
Copic markers
Teal Tulle - my stash
Leaves - SU! cardstock/MS Punch

Now back to my Elf project....

Busy Little Elf

No cards to post today, but I am in the middle of a huge project. After seeing an Advent Calendar Box on Norma Lee's blog I decided to make one for the children this year. Well, four days into the project and I feel like I'm never going to get finished. Here is a picture of what it looks like now that I've got all the drawers assembled - no easy task - and I'm putting the shelf fronts and knobs on. I'll never make antoher one! (heaving a hugh sigh)



I have a long way to go, but I hope to have it finished by December 1.