Let it snow....Christmas CARD!

Today was such a cold and very wet day.......so I did a little road trip so I could get some inspiration out in the crafty world. Just take a visit to various scrapbooking stores, talk to other crafters and you have the makings for some creativity to feed the soul!

I wanted to make a circular card using my nestibilites and some new paper I just bought today. My new paper is Jingle by lily bee design.....oh it just spells winter. Not that I want to rush old man winter here...but wintery cards are so pretty! I then pulled out a Stamping Bella stamp I have not used for quite some time called "hat and MITTS". I stamped the image and then cut out the mitt image, placed some liquid applique ( which I totally love to use this time of year) on the mitt cuffs! Then I stamped Let it snow all the way around the circle.

How are you all making out with your Christmas card collection? I am so far behind, but not for long. I must have a day dedicated to just Christmas cards! Bring on the Christmas images, the glitter, liquid applique, prismas or copics and you have a start to CHRISTMAS CARDS!

Merry Kissmas!

I have been having problems making comments on peoples blogs and loading any pictures on my blog. I had my computer into the repair shop, but it seems that it was just blogger acting up!

I wanted to share another Christmas card I made using a new stamp I just bought! It is a Penny Black stamp, called "Merry Kissmas"....Thanks Denise for showing us your wonderful cards using Penny Black stamps!

I embossed the snowflakes on the cardstock and then just coloured up my image using Prisma pencil crayons.

I hope you are all getting things together for the Christmas holidays. I appreciate you coming and visiting...as I know that things are very hectic this time of year!

Another snowy day...

This is me looking out my window today!LOL We have lots and lots of snow! It sure looks like it is going to be a white Christmas after all. My son has left for Cuba with my dad for a week. A wonderful birthday present for him. Today is his 14th birthday! Lucky him, he gets to look at white sandy beaches and I get to look at white snow!

I had this image from Elzybells that I coloured with prismas pencil crayons. I added a little bit of glitter for the snow. Have a wonderful day, and keep warm!

Who me?

Today I would love to share with you another Christmas card and a recipe card for Potatoe-Cheese Soup. I made it on the weekend and it was a hit! Good and healthy! Also, Stamping Bella has a challenge this week: SNOW

I used a Mo Manning image, which can be purchased at Stamping Bella! The image is called, Who Me? The little penguin is just an image that I had and added...aside from loving anything snowman...any penguin image is adorable to me too!

Here is the recipe card I made to add to my growing recipe binder.

Potatoe-Cheese Soup

In a large saucepan, melt butter. Saute onions and celery until tender. Add broth, cut up potatoes and add pepper and fresh parsley. Cover and simmer until potatoes are tender.Turn off heat, then stir in milk that has been mixed with 4 tablespoons cornstarch.Put heat on low. Stir in grated cheese.Just heat until cheese starts to melt and the broth thickens. Serve with a salad and a french bread stick.....Enjoy!

Happy Holidays-Mini Easel Card...

I was so inspired to make this card when I saw Norma's card a couple of days ago! She did a wonderful step-by-step tutorial which you can see HERE! What I just loved was the little circle in the middle to write what ever personal message you like. Now my only challenge was that I do not own any scallop circle dies, so I had to use my scallop scissors to get the effect that I wanted. I used one of my favourite LOTV images and stamped it onto watercolour paper so I could use Distress inks. I also added lots of glitter for her hat, trim and for the snow!

The pearl you see is one that Danielle sent me a few weeks ago....thank-you so much Danielle! The snowflakes around the edge was a Martha Stewart snowflake punch. I really hope you get a chance to try this out.....they are rather addicting to make, and not hard at all. With Norma's wonderful pictures of her steps she took to make these it really makes it alot easier!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!!!!

Polar Express....

I just got back from Scrapfest in Oshawa today...I am filled with lots of inspiration and lots of new goodies! What's better then all your favourite scrapbooking stores all under one roof!

One by one, I have been trying to get a head start on the Christmas cards. For this card I used a LOTV image that a wonderful and very sweet blogging friend lent me! Oh how I love this one! I also stamped at the bottom of the card some snowflakes using my 2009 Holiday Tag Collection from Papertrey. I just bought some liquid pearls in White Opal and placed that in the center of each snowflake...wonderful product that is for sure!

Nicky, a card making friend of mine gave me these wonderful clear plastic memo pads that she was able to purchase at the dollar store. I was never able to find them and she got her hands on some to give to me....thank-you so much Nicky. These are wonderful to decorate all up the way you wish. So I made some inserts for each side and stamped them up with the row of snowflakes, and added the white opal liquid pearls. I then made up a little Christmas bouquet for the top...

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend! Thank-you so much for popping in for a visit. Your encouraging and kind comments are so wonderful to recieve.

Winter Wishes....

Last year I made Christmas cards with buttons and ribbon...and it got quite expensive to mail them off, especially when you have over 80 of them to send off. So this year I am trying a little to keep a few of them fairly simple. Mo Digital had this image last year called " Boughs for the wreath" that I absolutely fell in love with. I coloured it with copics and with prismas, added some liquid applique for the snowfall in the background!

I hope to get back to posting a little bit more this week. Last week it was so hard to get into the craft room.The weather was so beautiful...so I took full advantage of it. Before you know it the snow will be falling and I won't want to step outside!!!

Thank-you so much for popping in for a visit!

Non-Traditional Colours!

The theme at LOTV Challenge this week is: Non Traditional Christmas! I so love the idea of using other colours....I have used distress inks in my two favourite combinations, green and purple! I added stickles to the presents and lots of prismas glitter on her hat, scarf and the snow!

I just bought this Bo Bunny paper and I can already tell it is going to be a favourite this year for me! The stamp I used is from LOTV called "Bringing Gifts". If you have never checked out their stamps...oh boy they are such a treat!

Thank-you so much for popping in for a visit!