Have a Very Belle Xmas!

My daughter is 3 and this year she is starting to get into Barbies and Disney Princesses. So, I had to get the Disney cartridges and thought that her Christmas card was the perfect time to make Belle. The cuts were quite a bit more difficult to put together than I thought they would be, but I managed to get them all together (After the first time failed!) It turned out beautifully. I ended up drawing in her eyes and mouth with colored pencils, but I think that my daughter will love her!

I cut Belle out from page 50, at 5.5". I also planned it all out on my Gypsy, so that I knew what color everything had to be and I could use as many scraps as possible. I also added a little glitter glue to the  would be fuzzy areas of her coat.

All the patterned paper is DCWV Christmas stack and all the solid cardstock is Bazzill.

Hope that you like it and Happy Holidays!

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

One of my kids most annoying favorite Christmas songs to sing is Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, so when I started to think about what I was going to make for their teachers for the holidays I just knew that I had to incorporate that cute little reindeer that is on the Create a Critter cartridge.

So, what I did was I used the Once Upon a Princess box on page 65 and the using my Gypsy I sized rectangle from Plantin Schoolbook and sized them to fit the sides of the box. After I cut those out I embossed them with my Cuttlebug and the Snowflake folder and then adhered them to the sides (with my pink ATG gun, of course).

For this cute little reindeer I used, of course, the Create a Critter cartridge. The reindeer is on page 73. He is just so adorable, and of course, appropriate for this time of year. He is cute at 4.5", I think.


All the cardstock is DCWV Christmas packs. I filled them with Christmas pads of paper, pencils, and of course something I no one could never live without chocolates. Yum!! (I bought some for myself my kids too)

Snow Adorable!

I have been slowly making things for my co-workers and my kids teachers and have a lot of things to post, but havne't had a chance to actually take some decent pictures and load them onto the computer.

Anyway, I made this for my daughter's preschool teacher and I do have some good pictures on my camera at home and just haven't had time to load them onto the computer. I took this picture with my camera phone, so I will replace it when I get home. I just had to get it posted though, because I think that it turned out so cute!

Hope that you like it.

Recipe:

Gingerbread Man - Smiley Card Cartridge - Cut @ 4.5"

Tags - Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More - Cut @ 2.25" and 2.75"

Stamp is My Pink Stamper Winter Punnies

Patterned Paper is DCWV

Solid Cardstock is Bazzill

Ribbon is from Joann's $1$ Bin

Just When You Think...

It Can't Get Any Worse! It Does!

So after the awful last two months that I have had I thought that I could finally start to move on and get my house back in order and what happens??? Our basement floods! Granted, it was only two inches at the deepest points, but it still ruined all of our carpet in the basement and are you ready...

A STACK OF PAPER!!

Then, we found out that the insurance won't cover it because we don't have that ryder on our policy...great! Clean up was all on us, or should I say my husband. He was wonderful though and did it almost all by himself over the weekend. He is incredible!

So, most of the basement is back together and my scraproom is clean. We have no carpet or rugs, but we the walls are back to normal and the floor has been dried and bleached. Most of our stuff was in tubs or off the ground for some reason or another.

So, I was able to get back into my scraproom and create some Christmas cards. They are adorable if I do say so myself...pictures to follow soon.

Unfortunately, this pesky inner ear infection that I have will not go away because of my awful immune system, so the doctors have be taking Sudafed, Afrin, Zycam, and vertigo medicine...FUN!! Anyway, I am doing little projects as I can and promise to have pictures up soon...so keep an eye out!!

Oh, plus...BIG NEWS...New Years Eve is my last day at work, so I will have more time to make some scrap goodies, after all my chores get done around the house of course!

No...I'm Still Around!

Hi Everyone! Yes, I am still around. While everyone else is getting ready for the holidays, I have unfortunately been dealing with a few losses in my life. Just after my last post I lost my grandmother and then a few weeks ago I had another loss that I am not yet ready to talk about...I'm still healing and probably will be for quite a while.

I have not been gone though from the scrapping world. I may not have been posting or commenting, but I have still been checking in with all of my blogging friends and seeing all the wonderful things that all of you have been doing for the holidays. It has helped me get a little of my desire back. I am off of work till Friday, so I think that I might try to get a few things done and I will post them when I do.

So, for all of those that noticed I was gone, I am sorry and I am back. I am trying to look forward to the holidays and the New Year with Joy. I am hoping to let this year go and start a New Year fresh and with hope!

And the Winner Is...

For some reason I thought that I said the drawing would be on Monday, so that's why it was posted yesterday. Anyway, I used Random.org to pick a winner:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

5 

Timestamp: 2010-10-04 14:56:29 UTC

Lucky # 5 is

Shari (cricutrookie) who said:

I like visiting peoples blogs to see anything crafty, I like to get ideas on scrapping, card making etc. Thanks for the giveaway. Shari (cricutrookie)

Thanks Shari! I will contact you shortly to get your information!

Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments and ideas. I appreciate the feedback. Hope that you all have a wonderful week and I should be posting more shortly. It's getting to be Autumn here and that is my favorite time of year. Can't wait to do some scrappy things!

Congrats Baby

Preface: This is an old post that somehow never got posted...so, since I am in the process of editing other posts for this week I thought I would post this for your Sunday enjoyment!

Recently, some friends of ours had there 3rd baby (our sons and daughters are the same age), so I got all three of the kids a gift, but wanted to make a special card for the baby (and of course the rest of the family). So, for the very first time I made an easel card. And can I just tell you that I am IN LOVE! As easy as these are they are beautiful and a great way to showcase a handmade card.

Also, I'm not sure if everyone does this or not, but I decided to write the personal message underneath (or on top of the inside) the front of the card. This way the receiver can see it, but not necessarily everyone that takes a look. Hope that you enjoy and a scrappy day to all!!