Hi! I am always surprised at how my cards look after I post them. Most of the time they look very close to the actual card. But so often colors are not the same. For this one I was surprised to see how dark the snow flakes are on the ornament. They are much lighter, as I used versamark and clear embossing...so they are actually shiny, too. I don't have a great camera or light box and I'm sure that would help.
This is another of the embossing folders my friend let me use. She got them off a shopping network on TV. They come in a set of six. I've had so many people email me about where they can find them...but I can't be very specific because of the SU demo agreement.
I have some free time this weekend so I'm hoping to get into my cave and make cards with the rest of the folders from the set. I also want to put my Thanksgiving stuff away and dig out Christmas. Brent plans to put up our outside lights today...but we won't get our tree for another week... we still get a real one. I grew up going out in the woods and cutting our own down...we also did that when the kids were small. Now we just got to a local Nursery and buy one!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving..we had a great time as the kids were able to make it home. Here we are:
We managed to still smile {instead of groan} even after all we ate! My favorite dishes were Paula's Sweet Potato Casserole, Chocolate Chunk Pecan Pie, and Spinach Salad. I'll be sharing the recipes soon. Well, pretty soon, as I forgot to take pictures so I just may HAVE to make them again!!!
My son survived the Black Friday shopping trip yesterday..it wasn't as busy as other years. We ate at Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch and I just want to say their pulled pork sliders were AWESOME!
http://www.buffalowildwings.com/ We did get a few good deals...I didn't make it to a craft store, but there's always next week... as we plan a shopping trip with our daughter.
Have a fun day!
Hi! I'm watching the Oprah show and today is a Christmas concert for heroes. It's pretty good. I'm glad I tuned in.
Hi! I am always surprised at how my cards look after I post them. Most of the time they look very close to the actual card. But so often colors are not the same. For this one I was surprised to see how dark the snow flakes are on the ornament. They are much lighter, as I used versamark and clear embossing...so they are actually shiny, too. I don't have a great camera or light box and I'm sure that would help.
First of all I have to say I just love this kitchen paper. I had a hard time using it as I only have one! 
Wow... these were good! I copied the recipe off a food blog but I can't remember which one. They were excellent..but then look at all the tasty ingredients! You can leave the skins on and mash them "chunky" style too. When I find the blog I'll post a link here as she had so many awesome recipes to try. Dig in!
I guess you can tell if you have been reading my blog for very long that I love using the top note die. I should count all the projects I've made with it. It's just that it's the perfect size for so many stamps, including this vintage Santa! Have a great day!
One of my friends ordered some new embossing folders and she let me play with them the other day. I made this card with just white and night of navy card stock. I added some blue dew drops and silver cord. The sentiment is stamped in silver. I've always liked the navy and silver color combo.
Mmmm. These are very good! Very rich! I hope you can understand how I wrote the directions. It's a bit confusing. When I said dip half...I meant half the batch..not half the cookie. See:
This recipe came from Taste of Home. I used fall sprinkles instead of Christmas ones,though.
The mint flavor really shines!
I love these vintage tags I found at a craft store last weekend when I went shopping. This one is backed on some garden green. I added some gold and red glitter glue here and there. The gold button came from my button jar and I sewed it onto some vanilla ribbon. I distressed the top note die a bit...then stamped "to and from."
I have another ice cream topping to share with you. The ingredients for this are usually always in my cupboard so it's handy to whip up. I have used it for fondue also. It's good. I confess. I have eaten it without the ice cream. Yes....I mean just big spoonfuls of it!
This is the fall card from my shoebox for card club this week. I did a bit of distressing on it...I don't very often as I'm not that good at it, but I like the look. I added some more of those crackle leaves that I like so well. I have a couple bags of them that I plan to use for my Thanksgiving centerpiece,too. I have a few new recipes that I plan to try for the Holidays...I can't wait to try them! They are NOT ww friendly so I need to make them when friends and family will be around to help us eat them!
I have been seeing so many beautiful cards made with stamps from the Autumn Days wreath set that I had to try it for myself. I added a few crinkle leaves and a button.
