Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year to all my crafty friends... a couple of my resolutions for the year is to post more on my blog and try to enter some challenges!!!Today I wanted to share with you a card I made for my sweet mother-in- law, back in November for her 79th birthday. I love the way it turned out. The inside says, "your vintage"! I used the Country Life cartridge (I love this cartridge) for the sewing machine and a cut from Lacy Labels to put my hand written sentiment on. The buttons are from my grandmothers buttons box. The paper and ribbon are from my stash. I punched a scalloped edge and added some pearls. I really love the way it turned out. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

I just wanted to say MERRY CHRISTMAS to all my fellow bloggers and especially to my friends that follow me!!!! I hope your day is merry and bright...Everyone be safe, have fun, and remember that JESUS is the reason for this wonderful season. Happy Birthday Jesus! In closing I am posting one of the Christmas cards I made for this year. I still need alot of practice on my embossing skills. HaHa!  Mary from CardzTV made a card similar to this one. Thanks to Mary for your inspiration. OH, and I have discovered Dazzling Diamonds from SU, and I think I am in love. The picture doesn't do it justice. Thanks for stopping by....

Time for Christmas Cards!

Hi everyone! This last Wednesday and Thursday (my days off) my mom and I got together and started making our Christmas cards. What a great time we had! We played, designed, had hot tea, cookies and listened to Christmas music. This is one of the cards we made. I love it and so did mom. My 73 year old mother is by far my best friend, my confidant, my mentor and the best mom ever... I love you mom.
Here is a list of what we used.

Paper from my stash
Ribbon from my stash (the cheap kind, you buy in a roll)
Dazzling Diamond from SU
Lacy Labels Cartridge
House and Merry Christmas stamp from Hero Arts
Colored Pencils

Thanks for stopping by! Dawn

My Vacation Shopping Spree!

Hi everyone! I've missed you all so much. My husband and I took a trip to Lincoln Nebraska to visit family and friends. What a wonderful time we had. Good visits, great food, and alot of shopping. (of course) I just wanted to share with you all my "treasures" I bought on out trip. Now I can't wait to PLAY... Hopefully I will be posting a new project very soon. Until then, hope you all have a fantastic day! Dawn

My Crafts Spot Challenge #25

Hi everyone, This is going to be a quick post because the challenge over at My Crafts Spot closes in about 30 minutes. Its late (I just got home from work) and wanted to get this card entered. I love this card. The challenge was to create something about "Happy Harvest"! Should be some beautiful colors on all the projects entered. Good luck to everyone.

Paper Playtime Challenge #55

Hi everyone, hope your having a great day. This easel card I made for my dad's 73rd birthday! He loves chocolate cake. (Who doesn't) My dad is a very special person in my life, especially as I've grown older. When I was young he was always working and supporting his family, so we didn't see much of him or had a very close relationship. But now we do and I love every minute I am with him. I love you daddy!
I am entering this card in the Paper Playtime Challenge, create an easel card...hope you enjoy it!

My Creative Time Challenge

I'm so excited, this is my first Halloween card. I didn't get my Cricut until last Christmas so this will be my first year for HOLIDAY cards...Yeah!!!!!  I made this card for the challenge over at http://MyCreativeTime.blogspot.com. The challenge is to make a card using the colors purple, green, black and orange and you cannot use your Cricut... This is what I came up with...

Here is the items used for this card:
Divine Swirls embossing folder, for black cardstock
Cardstock from Recollections and Colorbok
Fake spider web
Spider (I found him at the thrift store) COOL...
Chipboard sticker (Bought it last year for a quarter at Wal-mart
Natural twine, from my stash

I like the way it turned out, especially since my wonderful husband came up with the idea to use the spider web and the spider. Thanks babe! Hope all of you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by to visit...