It's a Winter Wonderland here!!!

This post is for all my Hawaiian friends! Sending you some of the white stuff...my gift to you...LOL!!!

This is also a post to all my good friends, this is what it looks like here on the east coast. Our neighbor Glenn is so good to us during these BIG snow storms...Bless his heart! He's always helping out with snow blowing our drive way sometimes, he's the BEST! Thanks so much Glenn! I have to come up with something to show our appreciation.

Two posts in one day...WOW! Don't forget to check out the other post below...so grab a cup of coffee & relax!

Thanks for visiting!

Dan & our good neighbor Glenn cleaning up the drive way.


View of the drive way from the patio, it's about 80 feet. The car is parked 3/4 of the way up so that Dan could shovel there first then move the car up to the patio & shovel the rest of the driveway.


View from the front door


Looking down the street from the front door


Looking down the street from my patio


side yard near my kitchen...picture was taken from my patio


Back yard


That's it for today...stay warm!

Starbucks Gift Package

Hi peeps!

It's a winter wonderland here on the east coast with plenty of snow! Kinda looks like my blog background...LOL!!! I'll be back in a little while with some pictures of the snow once I crop the pics that I took earlier. I hope you all had a great Christmas, I sure did. Although I didn't get a NEW camera (didn't really ask for one, just dropped a slight hint at the end when I was getting frustrated with mine) I had a great Christmas. I got the Kindle & I'm real happy with it, I luv it! Maybe I'll get the camera for my birthday...hint, hint, Dan!!!

Here is what I made for Jessica and Sarah with the Starbucks gift cards I gave them. I added chocolates inside the cup too, they loved it!



Isn't this soooo darn cute...I luv it!


One for Jessica & one for Sarah...forgot to take a picture of it all wrapped up, I will have to do that Christmas day after they open it.


Jessica took these pictures for me of the cups all wrapped & looking pretty on Christmas day with her NEW Camera...she did a great job too!!!




close-up of felt snowflakes...I used the die from MFT


This is the die I used Sizzix 'Tea Cup' ScoreBoards XL Die and the logo is punched with a large 2" or 2 1/2" punch (I can't remember right now)using the sleeve for the Starbucks hot cups. I put one in the back & one in the front, great way to recycle too...don't ya think?!? I used craft CS & then glued green CS so it looked more like their colors. Hope you like it! I saw this on someones gallery or blog & in my excitement forgot who or where it was...so sorry. If you know who it is or if you've seen it please let me know so I can give them the credit they deserve. Thanks for stoppin' by today!

Stay warm & dry...have a great day!!!

Merry Christmas!

Good morning everyone!

Christmas eve...can you believe it! Where did the year go? I wanted to stop by today to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, please stay safe and have the best Christmas ever with your family & friends!

Check out this poem that I saw on Michelle Zindarf’s blog that a friend sent to her (it's so perfect for her), I love it, it's so darn cute & I wanted to share it with you. Gotta love it! Sing it to the tune from “Walking in a Winter Wonderland”


Stamping in a Winter Wonderland

Brayers roll. . . . are you listening.
On the card. . . . ink is glistening.
A Beautiful sight. . . we’re happy tonight.
Stamping in a Winter wonderland.

In the kitchen we can stamp a snowman.
Then add color to his carrot nose.
You’ll say: Are you Finished?
I’ll say: No Ma’am, I need to add some glitter to make snow.

When we stamp . . . ain’t it thrilling.
Even when . . . . the powders spilling.
We’ll create and we’ll play. . . .the art stamper way,
Stamping in a Winter wonderland.

Merry Christmas! Much love to you all!

Last Batch of Christmas Cards!

Happy Thursday peeps!

Quick post tonight I have things to do. Here is the last batch of Christmas cards for 2010, enjoy & thanks for stopping by & visiting me today. Talk to you again tomorrow.


This snowman is by Gina K Designs & I spritzed some shimmer spray onto the snowman layer. I luv snowman & penguin stamps...although I didn't make any penguin cards this year :o( Oh well there's always next year, right!




I luv this snowman stamp, it's by Whipper Snapper. I paper pieced his vest & hat band & then added glitter...he's so darn cute don't ya think!!!???




I luv how this card turned out!




I have one more post for tomorrow with a Holiday Craft Poem for you...have a great night!

Second Batch of Christmas Cards

Hello Peeps!!!

Wow a few more days to go till Christmas & I'm still making cards...boy am I ever late this year! I'm working on the last batch of cards today & should finish the last card tomorrow morning. I've also been making duplicates of some cards, I needed to make easy & fast cards this year since I'm sooooo late, this has never happened to me before. I'm usually early & all my cards are mailed by the second week in December. Craft fair & being sick really set me back. I think next year I'm going to try to make a card or two every week so I can be ahead of the game next year. No packages being sent this year I just haven't had the time...maybe I'll send some goodies after the holidays when things settle down.

One more batch of cards coming tomorrow or Friday & then I'm taking a blogging break for the holidays. Take care & thanks for stopping by today.


Pretty winter scene with glistening snow!


Skaters on the pond...can you hear the Christmas music playing in the background???




Used a vellum layer over the sentiment & secured with brads...I like this look!




My first attempt at cracked glass technique. I think I should have used a lighter ink for the cracks & sponged the edges before I embossed. I got a little ahead of myself...there's always next time.


Have a great night!

First batch of Christmas cards

Hi everyone!

Here are a few cards that I made this week, I hope you enjoy! Feeling a little blue today so this is a short post. Take care & thanks for stopping by!


Ornament card, this was a fun card to make


I used champagne glitter on this one...I luv glitter!!!


I used a green & brown SU marker to ink up this tree & then used green glitter...I luv it!


This angle really shows the glitter & sparkle of this card


It was hard to get a good picture of this because of the glare from the shiny designer paper so I'm posting 2 pictures for you




Have a great day!

I'm back & another House Box

Good morning Peeps!

So sorry I've been absent for so long but I was sick. I had vertigo & trust me it is not something you wish on anyone! This was awful & I was in the house for over a week & finally felt normal & back to my old self by Wednesday. I finally went out on Thursday to my daughters salon to sell a few of my creations at their annual Holiday shopping event & it was a blast. This is a long post so prepare yourself & get a cup of coffee.

I finally put up my Christmas tree this weekend & decorated my house. Now I need to go upstairs & make my Christmas cards...I know I'm soooo late but with making items for the craft fair & being sick really set me back this year. After that's done I need to wrap gifts & finish my shopping. Thank God we are not doing dinner here this year. Marc & Sarah are doing Christmas dinner at their New home this year...Yippee!!!

Marc's friend has a little girl that I just fell in love with...she has the most gorgeous eyes (takes after her dad & mom too) that I have ever seen & I promised her that I would make her some reindeer food & when I told her the story about the reindeer food her eyes just lit up & she tugged at my heart with her adorable face. So I decided to make her a bunch of the items that I made for the craft fair & put them into a house box that I made just for her. I gave it to Sarah & Marc to give to her & I can't wait to hear how she liked it. Here are the pictures of Sydney's house.




I used Flower Soft on the tree


Back of house


side 1


side 2



Here are a few pictures from the Church craft fair. As you can see things were a little tight, the tables in this area were back to back with barely enough room to sit between tables but we all got through it & had fun. This was my first craft fair & I didn't do too bad, I sold about 1/4 of what I made. I also went to my daughter's salon last week for their Holiday Shopping event & sold a little more there. It was a learning experience...next year I will make something different & not so many of one item & see what sells.








Have a great day & thanks for stopping by!!!