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