MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I want to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and hope you all have a very splendid day with family and friends!



I am so lucky to have met so many wonderful people this past year! I did not think I would have so many close friends all over the world.....but I truly am thankful for each and every one of you! I was blessed with many gorgeous Christmas cards this year! I would love to share them with you!

This beauty is from Janneke! Don't you love how she used pink....my FAVORITE color! :)
And this darling WOJ is from Jacquie.....if you haven't seen her Javablu friends site you need to go over and check it out....she has her first challenge going right now!!! There is a link posted in my side bar! :) Jacquie also sent me a cute little stamp set too! Thanks hun!
This moo-moo snowman card is from my dear Wisconsinite friend Chris! I love her creativeness! By the way Chris, my parents loved the card!!!! Chris also has some fabulous blog candy going on right now! You only have until tomorrow to enter....so head on over and sign up!

Bev sent me this beautiful snowman card and a bag full of goodies (that I can't wait to play with)! I love this adorable snowman and all the sparkles on the card!

And this cutie patootie Bella is from Dannette! Isn't this just adorable....and gotta love that pink!

Thank you so very much girls! I loved getting all the happy mail....it made my day!

Sending everyone lots of Holiday Hugs!

Basic Grey meets Roses on Paper Challenge

This is my first Basic Grey Challenge and my first Roses on Paper Challenge. I am so excited to be playing along with such fun challenges! This card was a hoot to make! The theme over at the Basic Grey Challenge blog this week was "Going Green!" You had to reuse something old! I used 2 old things on this card! On the bottom left of the card, I used some tiny ornaments from my table top tree. Then on the background of Charlie you will see snowflakes. I used a snowflake scrap I had laying around from a previous card, and sponged around it to create the snowy background.

The Roses on Paper challenge this week was a sketch challenge. You can see the sketch HERE! This is a brand new challenge blog, and I am so glad I found it (thanks to Jeanette's blog)! I had so much fun playing with their sketch!

This card is the Christmas card that I made for my hubby! I can't wait for him to open it (I can post this here....because I don't think he ever checks my blog....hee hee!) This Whiff of Joy stamp so reminds me of my hubby...it looks just like him when he was a little boy!

And here's a close up of Charlie! I colored him with my Copics! Added fun flock to his hat, wrists, and belly. Used stickles on the bow of the present that Charlie is holding. Also used glossy accents on the apples in the scene. All products were bought from Loreen at Wish On A Scrap!

And last but not least is the inside of the card! Gotta love those corner punches! I told you I will probably use them on all of my cards now! Ha ha! The sentiments reads "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," the lighting really didn't want to work well with this pictures. I did not decorate the left side of the card, as I used that to write a letter to my hubby!

Tonight we are off to Christmas Eve mass....it's my absolutel FAVORITE mass of the year!!! I so can't wait for 6 PM to roll around! Our choir sings Christmas carols an hour before church starts, and the mass is just so beautiful! After church we are off to my Grandparents house, can't wait to go and eat some of Grandma's famous cut-out cookies, no one makes them like Grandma does! Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas Eve!

Hauling Along to Wish You a Merry Christmas!

As many of you who follow my blog, know that my Dad is a milk truck driver, who just recently bought a brand new truck! When he got his new truck I had to find a Peterbilt truck stamp to make him a congratulations card.....well this stamp that I got comes in handy for any occasion! Yesterday I whipped up a Christmas card for my Dad with the truck stamp! The card was a total hit with my Dad, my brother, and my brother's friend (who are all truck drivers)! Gotta love it when boys like your creations!


Here's the envelope....I love the "Santa" ribbon...it's so cute! The letters were cut out with my Cricut. And here's the "Haulin' Along" Card:

I made a small wreath to put on the grill of the truck! I wanted to put a red ribbon on top the wreath but I couldn't tie anything that small (so instead I just put a rhinestone on top). After I took the picture I remembered that I had little Santa hats, so I put a Santa hat on top of the truck too! That was super cute! Wish I would have gotten a picture of that!

And then we have the inside! I love the corner punch! I just bought a bunch of them from Loreen at Wish On A Scrap! I think I will use them on all of the insides of my cards! They just add that extra touch that the inside my of cards are usually missing!

I will have some more Christmas cards in the next few days to share with you all too! I have been on a role....probably because I had to get them all done for the holidays! hee hee! Better late then never, right?

I want to wish you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! I am so thankful to have found so many friends this past year in bloggerland! Wishing you all a happy, healthy, and "inky" 2009!

A VERY SPECIAL Blog Candy Alert

Don't know if you all have seen this yet or not! A sweet, baby girl named Francesca needs our help and in return you're will be entered to win a huge blog candy! You can find out all the details on Andrea's blog HERE. You can find the card that I sent HERE.

I got a lot of cards made today, but I have to get ready to head to my parent's house tonight! It's our immediate family's Christmas! YAY! So I will get some pictures uploaded for you tomorrow! Enjoy your evening!

I Survived Finals!

Woo-Hoo...finals are done....and I have my grades back from 4 of my 5 classes and they are all excellent so I am super excited! All the hard studying (and no crafting) paid off!

Today was my first day back in the crafting corner since Thanksgiving (I think)...it's been such a long time!

Today I am sharing some altered tins that I created! My friend asked me a while ago to make some cute boxes or something because she made some pieces of jewelry to give as gifts this Christmas but wanted something to present them in. I knew the minute she asked me that I wanted to use some tins that I had in my craft corner. I had so much fun making these cute little tins! I hope my friend likes them as much as I do!

The paper colors correspond with the pieces of jewelry she made:

And the insides of the three tins are all decorated too!

Thanks for taking time and stopping by to see me! I can't wait to share some more projects tomorrow!

Hope you all enjoy your weekend, and for those of you who still have Christmas shopping to do, my prayers are with you! It was crazy yesterday when hubby and I were out and about finishing our shopping up!

Lianna is offering up some wonderful candy, so head on over and check it out!

And the WINNER is.......

Sorry for the delay! I knew I was supposed to post this yesterday; however, we needed a new desktop comptuer for our business, and hubby wanted to go and get it yesterday as we are getting hit with a big snowstorm today! So we were out computer shopping, and finishing up our christmas shopping, and by the time we got home I still have to hook up the new computer! Again, I am so sorry for the delay!!!!!

I first want to thank everyone who commented on my blog candy! Your sweet comments always make my day, and WOW I was truly amazed to see my counter reach over the 10,000 hits mark! That is so exciting to me! :) I think there may have to be some more candy given away after the new year just for that reason! So keep your eyes peeled after the holidays for that give away!

Without futhers ado......

The winner of the Christmas Candy Give Away is...................

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Mrs. Hauf
**Please e-mail me with your mailing address so that I can get your candy mailed out to you! **

CONGRATULATIONS! And thanks again to the wonderful entries! I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season!

Seeing how classes are done for me....and I hoping to get LOTS of play time and have LOTS of creations to share with all of you!

Blog Candy with Christmas Spirit!

***This post will remain at the top of my blog until Dec. 17th....so please scroll down for current postings!***

I bought some awesome Angel charms from my dear friend Fran, and with some advice from her I have now made my own charms for my cards....now I just need some time to put some cards together! (Hopefully this weekend!!!) I can't wait to get me some more beads so I can make some more of these pretty angels! I love angels!

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AND NOW WHAT YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.......

On to the good stuff....the blog candy!

I love giving Christmas presents so I put together this fun Christmas candy for one lucky reader!

My Christmas Candy includes:

6x6 DCWV Christmas paper

Glittered foam snowmen figures

Glittered foam tree figures

Snowflake brads

Red & White flowers

Roll of Poinsettia ribbon

Merry Christmas stamp

Various Magnolia & Whiff of Joy stamped images

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5 of my handmade Angel Charms!

To Win you need to do the following:

1. Post a reply in this post telling me what is on the top of your crafting wish list; and

2. Post a comment on your blog telling everyone about my blog candy.

**To Get An ADDITIONAL entry in my candy***

Subscribe to or become a follower of my blog, and post an additional comment on this post telling me you have done so!

**Edited to add** If you do not have a blog, please click on my profile on my sidebar and send me an email answering the above question!

You have until Wednesday, December 17th at midnight to enter my drawing!

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I want to leave you with this awesome video that my friend Suzanne has on her blog! It's too awesome not to share! Make sure you watch it to the end!

I want to sent a BIG thank you to all of my blog followers and readers! Your comments always make me smile and can turn a bad day into a great one! I am so thankful to have made such wonderful friends from all over the world! I hope someday I can meet a lot of you!

Good luck with winning the Christmas Candy!
Wishing you all a very Happy Holidays!