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I'm Still Here

Hi everyone!

Hope you all had a great Christmas! I've been spending time with hubby & my family just chillin' & relaxing. No new cards till after New Year. I'm trying to reorganize my craft room, I bought a plastic 2 drawer file cabinet & lots & lots of hanging folders to store all the colors that SU offers in cardstock. I still have some colors to buy. Then I can stock up on the colors that I use more often. I got a lot of stamping & craft stuff from hubby & some great gifts from the kids! Hubby got me a Coach bag (I've been wanting a real Coach purse for a long time), we got a GPS for the car, a new DVD player, Coach Wallet, earrings for my dress for the wedding, jeans, Khaki's for hubby, slippers, etc. We had a great time!

So I will be back after the first of the year. Thanks for stopping by today & I wish you all good health, & a truely good NEW YEAR for 2008!

Hugs...Rita

More Mail

Well I hope everyone is ready for Christmas! I finally got everything done that I had to, & now I can relax & enjoy! I want to thank all of you who visit my blog, I luv doing this each day. I have made so many wonderful friendships through this blog, you have encouraged & inspired me to try things that I would never have attempted before. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year.

Here are a few more cards that I received.



This card came from Malieta, what a beautiful card, I luv the sparkle, thank you Malieta.



This is the inside of the card.



This card I received from Jana a while back. For some reason it got lost in a pile of papers on my desk & I forgot to post it, I am soooo sorry Jana that I didn't get to post it till now. Jana's card was one of the first cards that I received. Well better late than never, right Jana?
I luv it, thank you so much my friend!

Below is my son's album that I finally finished today & in the nick of time too!!! It's one of his Christmas gifts. He remodeled his condo himself, he gutted the whole thing & completely re-designed it, & this coming from someone who had never done anything like this before. He gets it from his grandfather (my dad & he would have been proud) they both were & are self taught men. Marc got a lot of info from the people at Home Depot & bought a lot of tools & taking after his mom, if it wasn't right he would take it apart & do it over 'cause it had to be perfect...that's my boy!!! We are so proud of him for taking on something like this, I know we couldn't do it. He did a fantastic job!

Well the only thing I have left to do is dust & vacuum, (tomorrow) then I can relax for a few days & enjoy the Holidays & my family. So until after Christmas take care & have a great Holiday!

Hugs...Rita

Great Mail Week

WOW! Did I have a great mail week! Between the cards & my orders being delivered, I had a surprise every day this week! I love this time of year because of all the cards that we get, don't you just love getting mail? These handmade cards from my blog friends are fantastic, you all are so kind & talented! Thanks to you all. I'm posting this late or early however you want to look at it, because I'm going to get alot of things done tomorrow. I won't have to worry about posting something 'cause it will be done already. I won't be posting now till after Christmas sometime, but I may stop in & do some blog surfing on Google reader & may post a comment or two.

Well I gotta go to bed now, I'm getting really tired. So thanks for stopping by & have a Great Christmas everyone! Talk to you soon.

Hugs & Kisses
Rita



This card came from Allison & she used my favorite paper, Figgy Pudding by Basic Grey! I luv it, thanks Allison!




This lovely card came from Angel thank you! I luv the color & the design of this card, it's so pretty!



This came in Thursday's mail from Maria Isn't this card just FABULOUS? I luv this card Maria! Hubby & I will enjoy our cup of joe & think of you...Thanks so much!




This is Blog Candy that I won last week from Genevieve Thanks again Genevieve, I luv it!

Mail Girl Gift

Hi everyone!

Well here is my last project for the Christmas season. I made a few things for my mail girl & put them in a gift bag & will deliver this to her tomorrow morning when she drops off my mail. This was an easy one...wish they were all this easy, it would have made life a little less stressful, but where would the fun be if they were all simple! The reason we stamp is to have fun & give ourselves a challenge, right?

I got my Gina K. Design stamps today & my Bella stamps finally arrived yesterday, Yippee!!! I can't play with them till after Christmas 'cause their a gift from hubby, so watch out...I will be making some winter cards after the holidays, I can't wait! I just went absolutely nuts ordering stuff for hubby to give me, hehehe, it sure was a lot of fun!!! Well till tomorrow ladies. Thanks for stopping by, & have a great evening!

Hugs...Rita



I picked up these Martha Stewart note cards from Michael's for a dollar awhile back to use as last minute gifts (for any occasion). I used 1 set for the mail girl, pretty cool ha! I ended up buying about 6 sets & I'm glad I did, 'cause they are coming in handy. I just stamped a flower & the "Just a note", also stamped the flower on the envelope, wrapped it with ribbon & I was done. I cased this idea from Lauren Meader, you really need to go over to visit her blog, she is one crafty lady. She is such a terrific & amazing woman.




I got 2 of these pocket folders with my receipts inside them from a shoe company online & decided to keep them & make a card out of it. The results are below. Pretty cool don't ya think?



This card went to our mail girl.
Card Details
Ink: Basic Black, River Rock, Real Red & Craft ink WW
Tab punch
Stamps are all from Michael's & AC Moore
CS: WW & Real Red
Stickles glitter



Inside the pull tab card



Hope she likes it!
This is a little spice jar that I altered & added M&M's



I made this cute little tag with a sticker from Michael's
Everything is in the bag & ready to go!

More Christmas Cards

Hi ladies!

I can't believe we only have 6 days left till Christmas!!! I'm NOT ready yet! I still have to finish my son's scrapbook, I have about 6 pages to do before its finished...YIKES, I have got to get focused & get to work. I need to give my house a final once over this weekend & put up curtains on 3 windows. I still have to wrap my gifts. Can we push it back & get one more week, PLEASE??? I do this almost every year & it manages to all work out fine, I work very well under pressure, insert stressed face! :0(

Well this should take care of the Christmas cards that I needed to send out or maybe not...we'll see!

Well talk to you soon, I gotta go do something that's on my list but don't know which one I'm going to attempt to do! Tehehe!!! Thanks for stopping by today, have a great night.

Hugs...Rita



I luv the way this card came together, I had a hard time at first deciding what paper to use & then kept putting things together until I came up with this one.
Card details
CS: Glorious Green
DP: unknown
Scalloped circle in red & DP came from an RAK from DEB
Stamped image & sentiment (I luv this stamp) is from an RAK from Malieta




Card Details
CS: Not Quite Navy & Soft Sky
SU Gold elastic cord
Ink: Le Plume markers
CB snowflake folder
Stamped image & sentiment are from an RAK from Malieta

Hanna Christmas Cards

Good morning everyone!

It's 1:15 am & I decided not to go to bed because I have to get up at 2 am anyway to shower & get ready to go to New York to The View again. This will be our last time going...I think we have seen it enough times now. Whenever I have to get up that early, I have a hard time sleeping so why bother, I can sleep when I get back. We will be leaving at 4 am, most of you will be fast asleep. I hope the roads will be fine for traveling, we will just take our time. We had lots of snow last night & this morning before it turned over to rain so now its icing up. My neighbor plowed our driveway this morning (God Bless him), we are so lucky to have such great neighbors here, we all do for one another. I'll have to see if I can whip something up for him as a thank you we really appreciate your kindness. Hmmmm, will have to think of something great, any ideas ladies?

Here are 3 cards that I made today. I was on a Hanna kick, I think the snow inspires me to create cards, or maybe it's because its crunch time & I really need to get these cards out in the mail ASAP. Whatever it is I'm getting there. I had fun today making these cards. Enjoy & thanks for stopping by. I will talk to you when I get back tomorrow night or if I'm too tired it will be on Wednesday. Take care ladies.

Hugs...Rita




Card Deets
Card base from Michael's
CS: Choc. Chip & WW
DP: Basic Grey Figgy Pudding
Ink: Basic Grey, Le Plume markers & Copic glitter pens
Stamps: Christmas Hanna & sentiment inside $ stamp from Michael's
Ribbon: AC Moore
CM Round Punch
Ticket punch
I paper pieced Hanna's outfit




Card Deets
Card base from Michael's
CS: Wild Wasabi & WW
DP: Basic Grey Figgy Pudding
Stamps: Christmas Hanna & sentiment inside card is $ stamp from Michael's
Ink: Basic Black, Le Plume markers & Copic Glitter Pens
Brown ribbon from AC Moore
I paper pieced Hanna's outfit




Card Deets
Card base is a package of cards & envelopes from Michael's
CS: Pomegranate, Soft Sky, WW, Creative Memories Grey & Velum
Stamps: Christmas Hanna
CB Snowflake embossing folder
Ink: Basic Black, WW Craft Ink & Le Plume markers
Ribbon: unknown green
I paper pieced Hanna's outfit

More Christmas Cards

Hi all!

Well as promised here are the rest of the cards that I made the other day. I needed to make these cards a little simple & easy so that I could make a bunch of them to mail out. I used the same supplies as I posted yesterday with the exception of the forest tree paper for the snowman card. Now I need to go out to look for some boots & when I get home I need to make more Christmas cards. A few more & then I'm done. I just went outside to get my mail & just remembered my mail girl, so I need to whip something up to give to her, I do have an idea though, so it should be a quick one to do. I think I see the light at the end of this Christmas tunnel - which means that I'm almost done with everything. Should be done by next weekend...I think! Thanks for stopping by & happy stamping.

Hugs...Rita





The paper that I used for this card is Provo Craft "Once Upon a Forest"
I"m real happy with the way this card turned out.



I think this card is one of my favorites because it was so easy to make.



I love these sparkling penguins!

I've been a Busy Bee

Hello ladies!

Well I finally got around to making some Christmas cards yesterday while it was snowing & boy, did I get on a roll. I guess the snow put me in a festive mood. I ended up making 7 cards, so I'm posting 4 of them today & saving the other 3 for tomorrow. I still have some more to make & hopefully I will finish that this weekend so that I can start wrapping gifts. So much work...but isn't it worth it, I luv the holidays!

Talk to you tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by, stay warm!

Hugs
Rita









Well here is a list of the supplies that I used for making these cards:
Card Base is Michael's Cards & envelopes
Stickles - Cotton Candy, Frosted Lace, Icicle, Waterfall & Christmas Red
Dazzling Diamonds
Xyron machine (I used this to stick the DD onto images)
Ink - Stazon Jet Black, White Craft Ink & Le Plume markers
Ticket Punch
CS - WW, Creative Memories Evergreen, Blue, Pink Taffy, & green
DP - Me & my Big Ideas, & various unknown papers from Michael's
Ribbon - All from Michael's & AC Moore
SU - Silver Elastic Cord
Stamps - Stampendous Penguins & snowman with tree is $ stamp from Michael's





Sentiment Stamps are $ stamps from Michael's

Gate Card

Hi all!

Boy, It's snowing like crazy here! Mother Nature can be so brutal at times but she can also be sooooo beautiful! To me snow is like glitter falling from the sky & settling on the ground to make everything sparkle! It absolutely takes my breath away! What do you think of when you see snow falling?

Here is a card I made awhile back & forgot to post, it's a small square gated card. Since I can't do the windows today, I'm going to go upstairs & make some Christmas cards that I really need to make & send out soon. So have a great day everyone & keep warm & if you have to drive in this snow PLEASE be careful. Thanks for stopping by today & hopefully I will have some cards to post tomorrow.

Hugs...Rita




Deets
CS: Pomegranite & WW
Ink: Basic Black & Le Plume markers
Stamps: $ stamp from Michael's & SU Warm Words
Ribbon: unknown
Green crystal brad from Michael's

Altered Bottle Pack

Good morning Ladies!!!

I thought I would post early today so that I can get going on my cleaning or going out haven't decided yet. Hehehe!!! I want to go get a pair of boots I saw the other day but they didn't have my size at that store, so I need to stop by every Macy's in the area in search of my size, yeah right...good luck to me! I'm going to give it a good try though. Wish me luck!!! Or I may stay home today & clean, not sure if I'm in the mood to do that today. Oh well!

Here is the last project that I worked on for a Christmas gift. This was going around the blogs during Halloween & I thought I would make one for Christmas. I had a lot of fun altering these bottles & the carton. This actually makes a good gift for any time of the year, just add a Starbucks gift certificate (like I'm doing) & your good to go. Have a great day & thanks for stopping by.

Hugs...Rita




Details
DP: unknown
SU Tag maker punch
Ink: Classic Black
Ribbon & fibers Michael's
Poinsettia blossoms Making Memories
Starbucks 4 pack Capachino (spelling?) bottles & carton
Fill bottles with candy or something else

Another Christmas Tree!

Hi everyone!

WOW! What a busy day we had yesterday. First we had our pancake breakfast (new tradition) with Jessica & Steve (daughter & Fiancee) then we put up the tree & village. Whew!!! That was alot of work...Thank you Jessica & Steve. My back was hurting a lot yesterday by the time we were done...but feeling much better today, so I didn't strain it that badly. Thank God! Then we went to Mohegan Sun (Indian Casino in Connecticut, 1 hour away from home) to see Clay Aiken's Christmas show. What a great show he put on, I luv the way he sings...such a great voice! So we had a full day yesterday & had lots of fun! I'll post some pictures later or tomorrow of us putting up decorations.

Here is the second tree that I made & kept the turquoise color on the pot, I liked the way it looked with the paper that I choose for it. Jessica took that tree home yesterday. She is using that tree for her Christmas tree because she is moving to another apartment in Feb. & she doesn't want to go get her decorations from Steve's mom's house then pack it up again & bring back, too much work. So this tree is perfect for now.

I will have 1 more project for you to see tomorrow. Now I really need to get to work making a few more Christmas cards & gift card holders, & gifts to wrap...then I'm done! I still have 2 more rooms to clean & 3 more windows, can't wait to relax again! There's no end, but I have to tell you I fell less stressed this year than any other year. How are all of you doing?

Well have a great Monday, talk to you soon & thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs...Rita




Tree Details
DP: Basic Grey Figgy Pudding (luv this paper)
These supplies are all from Michael's
Wired red ribbon
clay pot (painted turquoise)
wooden dowel
tree styrofoam form
styrofoam disc (for inside pot)
quilter's T-pins

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!

Hi all!

Had to take hubby for his colonoscopy (spelling?) this morning, passed it with flying colors (no pun intended hehehe!!!) Came home & went to work on my tree, I already had all the paper cut, pot & dowel painted, all I had to do today was put it together. I enjoyed doing this tree, it was so simple & fun to make & I love the way it came out. This is a gift & (no they won't see it, they don't look at my blog) I need to make one more, I decided to paint the other pot turquoise to match some of that color in the figgy pudding paper I picked out. If I don't like it I can always paint it a Christmas color, right? So stayed tuned to find out what I do. I got the tutorial for the Paper Tree at SCS, click Hereto get the tutorial on this tree.

For the Pinecone Ball you can click Here. Amanda Sewell of Inkspirations is the one giving this tutorial, she has a fantastic blog, go check it out.

I will talk to you tomorrow I hope. I have to go to my hair stylist (my daughter)tomorrow to get my hair done & then hopefully come home & clean downstairs before settling in to watch a little TV. Boy I don't get to watch much TV anymore now that I'm at the computer & crafting all the time. I will however stop what I'm doing for my favorite TV programs, which aren't many now. Well thanks for stopping by today. Happy stamping!!!

Hugs...Rita


This picture was taken in the shade, I think you can see more detail in this one. If you look close enough, you can see me over to the left taking the picture...I'm that shadow figure!

Pinecone Details
DP: Green Holly paper from Michael's
Ribbon: A.C.Moore
3" styrofoam ball
straight pins



Picture taken in the sunlight




Inside light
Tree Details
DP: Basic Grey Figgy Pudding
Ribbon: Gold wire from Michael's
All other products came from Michael's
Clay pot (I painted red), Wooden dowel,Tree styrofoam form, styrofoam discs for inside clay pot (it sits on top of pot, & quilter's T pins



Outside in the Sunlight

We have a Winner!

Hi everyone!

Hope you all had a great weekend! It sure was cold here & that storm was nothing but a little snow & mostly rain, so I guess it fizzled out by the time it reached us, we were lucky. I won't be posting tomorrow because I'm going to New York, will tell you all about it on Wednesday, can you guess where I'm going? My regulars might be able to guess!

Well I know you want me to get down to business & announce the winner, so here goes...Drum Roll PLEASE!!!

The winner is Angel Wilde!!! Send me an email with your address Angel & I will get this out to you by the end of the week. Congrats!!!


Angel Wilde said...
I left my not so lovely pic and signature in your guestbook.... hopefully it doesn't scare anyone. :-) Seriously, this is FABULOSO candy, Rita! Hope I win!

November 30, 2007 7:44 AM

I would like to thank all of you who played & thanks so much for coming to visit, hope you enjoyed it & will continue to visit. Without all of you I would not have a blog, so thanks again.

Well talk to you all on Wednesday. Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs...Rita

Happy Mail...Yippee!!!

Good afternoon everyone,

Hope everyone is having a good Sunday & your all staying warm, it's really FREEZING here! Right now it's 27 degrees, yikes!

Well I had a really great mail week last week, I got lots of mail & some of my orders came in too! They all put a big smile on my face & kept me smiling all week even though I was working on cleaning my house, ugh, right? Take a look at what I got! Talk to you tomorrow & thanks for stopping by today! Happy stamping!!! Don't forget you have one more day to sign up for the blog candy. Good luck!

Hugs...Rita




Wow! This RAK is from Laura Leonard she got my name for the Nov. JT's Aloha Monthly RAK Club. This is awesome Laura, thank you so much! The card she made is so pretty, it looks so vintage, great job Laura & that snowflake tin is fantastic, I'm going to use it to put my scissors & other small items in & keep it on my desk. Take a look at Laura's blog she has some great creations. Thank you so much Laura.




This is a Pay it Forward RAK from Deb, thank you so much Deb for all these wonderful goodies, your spoiling me girl!!! I luv them all, especially the scalloped circles because I don't have these punches or the oval punches & this will come in handy for some cards that I want to make. Look at that card she made too, it's so beautiful & it's a gated card at that too! So cute, isn't it?




This beautiful Christmas card is from Flossie, thank you so much Flossie, I luv it, it put a great big smile on my face. You are so sweet my friend. Getting such wonderful mail just makes me so thankful & happy that I have made such wonderful friendships here in this world of blogland.

Bella Card

Good morning everyone!

A quick post today so that I can get back to work cleaning my house, I have 4 more rooms to do, yippee!!!! Can't wait till I'm done, so I can decorate my house & start making some gifts & a few Christmas cards.

Well here is a card that I made for Jen's sister, Nasha and her friend Liz are celebrating 5 years in business together. Jen thought (I agree) it would be really cool to send anniversary cards from her blog buddies from all over the world! What a great idea, ha? So this is my card that I will be mailing on Monday. I luv this card & it's my very first Bella stamp that I purchased & it's the first time that I inked it up. I luv the way it came out, I almost don't want to give it up...but I will, I can always make another, right???

Well have a great weekend & happy stamping!!! Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget about the blog candy below, go sign up for your chance. Good luck!

Hugs...Rita




Card details
CS: WW, Pink Passion
DP: K & Co Brenda Walton Designer Mat Pad Paper
Stamps: JavaBella & sentiment (inside card) Kolette Hall, from Michael's
Ink: Basic Black, Green Galore (for sentiment) & Le Plume markers & white gel pen for dots on the dress & chair cushions
Brads: MM & crystal flower from Target $ bin
Ribbon: A.C.Moore