I'm still here, really.

I'm still here ~ just very busy with life and family right now.  Thank you for sticking around while I've been in non-posting mode.  I've got a very busy day tomorrow with appointments and such but this week I hope to get back on track.

I do want to show you a card that I made for Christmas this year.  I just love snowmen and these guys are so fun and cute that I could not wait to show you!

This stamp is one that I bought many years ago and it is from A Country Welcome.  I stamped the image and colored it with my pencils and gamsol.  The stars are colored with my markers and stickles were added to them and the snowflakes.  The base card is Ballet Blue that I layered with white cs and some DP.  I've got a piece of Bashful Blue that I ran thru the cuttlebug with the snowflakes folder.  I ran ribbon across the two paper seams to hide it.  I took the sentiment and stamped it and cut it out a little wavy and added it to a piece of Ballet Blue and had cut the border.  I added it to the card with different size pop dots to give it the wavy look.  I added a white foam snow flake and one punched out with a Martha Stewart punch secured with a crystal brad and attached with a glue dot and I was complete.

So wadda ya think?  It's time to start in full blown Christmas mode.  And what have you been up to?

Pomegranate Christmas!!

I must say that I LOVE Stampin' Up's satin ribbon... It is so pretty, and not to thick to add it to a card. Well yesterday I piddled around and made this card. Now mind you, most of my Christmas stamps are stored in a LARGE tubby all year long and they only see daylight for about a month every year. I do not live anyplace close to a stamp store so most of them were purchased years ago ~ thus the tried and true stamp.
For this card I used the snowman stamp from A Country Welcome and stamped it in black ink. I colored it with pencils and used Stickles for the "snow" and "stars". I layered that on Chocolate Chip CS. Along the right side I used my deckle scissors and on the left side I made a bow with the satin ribbon. On the Purely Pomegranate base I stamped swirls from Heidi Grace.

I hope that you enjoy my creations as much as I enjoy making them for you. I will post more later today, so come back!!