Rudolph

Hello all, happy Thanksgiving eve! This is my very favorite week of the year, when I take extra days off of work & hubby is up north! ahhhhh peace & quiet for 6 whole days :)

Since I did have a couple of days off, I got to play a bit with some stamps that I bought about 6 months ago but haven't had time to do anything with. 

I am loving Sylvia Zet's images for Whimsy. They are so cute! Here I used Rudolph, the cutest reindeer ever :)

I kept my card super simple, which is so unlike me LOL .... but I was a little overwhelmed. I have so much "stuff" that I bought long ago & never used, & a lot of it is Christmasy. It was holiday overload! 

I colored the image with my Prisma pencils & added lots of glitter & snow. The polka dot paper is from Papertrey Ink from at least 5 years ago, I think this is the first I've used it. I'm definitely a polka dot hoarder!

The snowflake is a Spellbinders die with a rhinestone mushed in the middle, then covered with Dazzling Diamond chunks. 

And there you have it, a pretty simple card from the person who likes to add as much as possible. Bonus, I can actually mail this one for less than $5 :)

I hope you all have a wonderful Turkey Day tomorrow. We're going to my mom's, it will just be the 4 of us which is fine with me. I don't have to dress up, I can forgo the makeup & there's more food for me :)

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!

This mostly likely won't be our happiest or most fun Thanksgiving ever ~ I mentioned a few days ago that something sad is going on in our family ~ but I still feel blessed & am very grateful for everything I have. My family (especially the two most awesome kids ever!), my friends (real and virtual), my co-workers (all of whom I consider GREAT friends), my job (best employer of all time!), my health, & my very awesome life. 

Oh, I almost forgot - I'm thankful for Elwood, my 18 year old orange tabby who looks eerily like the one pictured here! Eye on the prize! 

~~ HAVE A SAFE & HAPPY THANKSGIVING  ~~

Happy Turkey Day to all!

Hello to all my peeps out there!! I know I've been a bit quiet -- but things around here have been all BUT quiet. We've had a lot going on -- my grandma fell & was in the hospital for 2 weeks, then was taken to a nursing home. There are some other issues so she will be there a while. My first Thanksgiving without her in many many years so I'm sad, but the boys & I will go see her tomorrow. I also had a bit of car trouble over the weekend, & of course my husband is up north hunting. What do you do when your car gives you trouble on a Saturday night & you have no one to call?? No garages open. Hubby up north. I think looking into AAA might not be a bad idea!!

There have been some other things as well but I will spare you. My free time lately has been spent just hanging with my boys. We've gone shopping, out to eat, visited my mom, watched some movies that we've wanted to see but hadn't gotten around to (RIO!!! What a cute movie!!), & last night we went to a water park with our 4H club. So. Much. FUN!!! They even got me to go down one of the HUGE water slides -- something I really didn't want to do because I am SOOOO afraid of heights. Going down isn't bad, it's the getting up there that's tough for me. About a gamillion stairs -- & when I got to the top I about had a panic attack. I told the worker he needed to get me in my tube & down QUICKLY before I threw up. And of course, I had to do this twice. Because I have 2 kids. Ahhhhh I should get a gold star for that!

Today we are going to Target to get stuff for the pies I'm making for tomorrow -- I'm making my very first pumpkin pie. My grandma always made the pumpkin pie. Since she can't, I'm taking over. I found what I hope is a good recipe -- if it's a hit I will share it with you :) I'm also making a banana cream pie. And not just the kind where you plop some pudding into a crust. A REAL one! I don't like pumpkin pie so the banana cream is for ME :)

Tonight after pies are made & we've eaten dinner we are going to watch the last Harry Potter movie. We've seen a couple in the theater but we missed this one so we are looking forward to it. I'd really like to go see the Muppets but my KIDS are not INTERESTED! Can you believe it?? No taste in movies at ALL!!!

So..... to sum it up ....I have not been creating. I've just been enjoying my free time with my boys. In spite of all that is going on I'm actually looking forward to this holiday. I've been a Scrooge the last few years so this year I'm making up for it. We are putting up our tree this weekend & I'm going to play Christmas music & we're going to have FUN whether they like it or not!

I have so many blessings in my life. Here is a small list of things for which I am thankful:

1) My kids, who are healthy (most of the time) & happy (well except for the teenager - teenagers are never happy)

2) My family -- they are mostly sane

3) My friends -- the ones I can hug & the ones I can only send cyber hugs to

4) My neighbors. We couldn't live in a better neighborhood. When we win the lottery, we'll have to just knock down our house & build the mansion on the lot we have. I will never move.

5) My house, with all its quirks

6) Deer hunting season, during which my husband is gone for 2 weeks. Only because I'm happy he can go up north & relax & have fun with nature. Not because I enjoy the peace & quiet while he's gone or anything.

7) Peace & quiet :)

8) My job, which I love, & the co-workers that come with it. A great group of people with huge hearts who will do anything for anyone.

9) A car that runs. Most of the time.

10) A great mechanic for when my car *doesn't* run.

11) All the little things that make a "blah" day a GOOD day --- my fur-baby Elwood, French Vanilla coffee, Facebook, Rolos, blurfing, the Stephanie Plum books, Grey's Anatomy, the daily newspaper, & the few radio stations that DON'T start playing Christmas music the day after Halloween.

And of course, I'm also very thankful for all of you who visit me, who email me, who make me laugh, & whose creations I draw inspiration from -- thanks to you all! I hope you have super duper FANTASTIC Thanksgiving!! Don't eat too much!!! On second thought -- eat all you want. Thanksgiving only comes once a year :)

Sundays with Crissy -- Thanksgiving

Hello & happy 13th!! The theme this month over at Sundays with Crissy is Thanks/Thanksgiving. I have dug into my High Hopes rubber archives once again..



How CUTE is this turkey? This is Tom's Plea & he makes me giggle every time. He's colored with pencils & Goo Gone -- I printed the sentiment on the computer & used my new-to-me Magnolia Doohickey tag die thing to cut it out. Papers are Basic Grey Indian Summer -- a few Primas here -- a few Dew Drops there --



I hope you join us over at the Sundays with Crissy blog -if you do you get the chance to win 5 free digis!! Read SARAH'S POST for all the details!

And....believe it or not... I am ahead of the game this time & this card is already in my Etsy shop!! That never happens till weeks later! Click HERE to find the listing :)


Soooooo....my older son turned 13 yesterday. Sigh....and last night we were cleaning out our cabinet that our tv sits on because they ran out of room for all their Wii games....and he actually wants me to GET RID OF all his old Blue's Clues, Little Bear & Pooh vcr tapes!! Can you believe it?? I just don't think I'm ready.....come to think of it, I'm not ready for ANY of this.....it's going to be a looooong 10 years, lol. Seriously though, he's a GREAT kid & lately he has done nothing but help me around the house & yard. I know we're going to have our ups & downs ....it wouldn't be right if we didn't.....but please let there be more ups than downs!

Thanks for visiting!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!

& to all, a fabulous day of family, food & fun!!!! Enjoy & be safe!!!!

Happy Halloween!

BOO!!



I hope you all are having a fantasticly frightful Friday!! I know a lot of you are Trick or Treating tonight, so stay safe & have fun!!

Since our Trick or Treat was Sunday, & our school parties were yesterday, I've moved on to Thanksgiving :) I used an Inky Antics stamp that had never seen ink ~ I think these turkeys are adorable!! I know, not many people send out Thanksgiving cards, but the Mr. & Mrs. were just too cute to pass up!


I used my Prismas & gamsol to color the image, & my Nesties for the scalloped mat. That's Cranberry Crisp, my favorite In Color from last year. I added some shine to the hat, shoes & apples with my Sakura clear glaze pen. I had some of this GREAT paper in my stash from Reminisce, they go pretty well together, don't ya think? Added some frayed ribbon & a button, & some Dew Drops in the corners (even though I realize now you can't really see them). I faux stitched all around with a black marker. I swear, I really am practicing my REAL sewing, but until it's perfect, I just can't do it on a card!


Here's the inside ~~ again, it took me about 20 shots to get one picture that wasn't too blurry. I just used my Martha Stewart branch punch to punch 2 Cranberry Crisp leaves, & added some Stickles. Nothing too fancy :)


What are your plans for the weekend?? It's actually pretty balmy here ~~ about 50 ~~ so we ARE going to fnish putting our stuff away in the shed. We have a table to dismantle & store, & lots of bikes & scooters to find room for! There's just never enough storage space, is there??