Happy Blog-iversary to me!

Wow.  Can you believe it's been a year already?  I sure can't!  Not to mention that it's already December!!  Where did the year go?

So I've been looking over the past year, seeing how my stamping style has evolved.  My cards are much more involved than they used to be, and I definately seem to have an addiction to distressing!  I think my tastes are refining a bit, too.  I don't seem to "want it all" when it comes to new papers and stamps like I used to.  It's amazing how easy it is to say "No!" to a set of 10 stamps where I can only see a use for one of them!  You wouldn't have heard that pass my lips a year ago.  And since it's the beginning of December, it's time to think of my goals for 2011 as well!  I have quite a few project ideas that have been marinating in the back of my mind for a while now.  Seems like a good time to shake them out and see if they're do-able!  Thanks for hanging on with me during this crazy ride!

Cheers!

All Decked Out!!

Here is the third card I did for yesterday's CTMH Party.  I had a blast putting this little guy together!

All the stamps are from the All Decked Out set, except for the sentiment, which is from Ms. Holiday Cheer.  I wanted to do a non-traditional color scheme for this card, so the paper is actually from the Twitterpated pack!  I used Chocolate, Sweet Leaf and Crystal Blue cardstock for the mats, hat, and scarf.  I think this is by far my favorite card of the three!  I wanted to do a "get your feet wet," a "normal," and a "slightly more involved" card for the gathering.  Obviously, this is the "slightly more involved" one!

Thanks for looking!

Cheers!

An easier Holiday Cheer

Here's the second card I made for the Close To My Heart party I will be doing on Sunday.

It's the same design as this card, but I kept this one a little simpler.  I eliminated the distressing and the label for the sentiment, just to make it a little easier to put together for everyone.  The tree, present, and "bow" flourish are all from the A Timber set, and the sentiment is from Ms. Holiday Cheer.  The papers and ribbon are from the Mistletoe Creative Basics pack, and the green mat is New England Ivy cardstock.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers!

Finally Finished!!!

I FINALLY finished the second curtain for my living room window!  It's only been sitting on my kitchen table since last Christmas! 

I picked up this lovely fabric from Hancock about three years ago.  They were having an unadvertised sale on Home Decor fabrics at 75% off, so I picked up 10 yards of it!  I knew I wanted it to be in the living room, but had no idea what style of curtain I wanted, so it sat behind a door for over a year.  I finally pulled it out before Christmas last year and figured out a pattern based on some drapes I had seen online.  The first curtain turned out beautifully!  Unfortunately, I could NOT get myself to make the second one!  The pieces were even already cut out, all I had to do was iron and sew it up! 

Well, I sat down last night to finally start working on it, since we'll have a house full of company for Thanksgiving.  It was either finish the second curtain, or take down the first one so the window didn't look lopsided!  I hemmed up the first edge, and went to iron the seam, and promptly MELTED the fabric.  *sigh*  It's also not the first time I've melted the fabric.  The bolt sat in the direct line of a space heater two winters ago, and it melted a lovely triangle through about 3 layers of fabric.  This would be why my Dining Room curtain is a Roman Shade instead of drapes!

 So then I cut ANOTHER piece, and started over.  This is why I bought ten yards of it!!  Anyway, to make a short story long, the curtain is finally done!  Now I can go to bed and get some rest for tomorrows mayhem!

Thanks for looking!

Cheers!

A Holiday Thank You!

Here is the first card I made for the Close To My Heart party I'm doing this weekend.  I wanted to start out with a very simple card that had a bit of pop!

The papers are from the Jingle Level 2 paper pack.  The sentiment is from the set Thank You, and the flourish is from the Free Spirit set.  The layout is from the Wishes book, and the brads are from CTMH as well. 

Thanks for looking!

Cheers!

A Bit of a Bloggy Break

I'm taking a bit of a bloggy break this week, I have several projects to complete before next week's Thanksgiving shindig, and none of them are really post-worthy!  I've also had a serious mojo block when it comes to stamping, so I've been working on some other crafts to mix things up a little bit.  Hopefully I'll have some progress to show for it next week!

Cheers!

Angels Among Us

Here is a third layout I did for last weekend's VSBN challenge, Angels Among Us:

The challenge was to create a layout of some sort of angel in your life.  I decided to celebrate our sweet sugar-kitty, Tigger.  We lost him in 2004 from complications from Diabetes, and I've had a hard time deciding how to approach a page about him.  The journaling is hidden in the lower left panel, and held in place by the photo turn.  I used a silver leafing pen on clear acrylic letters for the butterfly and the title, and then used glue dots to attach all the acrylic pieces down.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers!