shoebox swap cards

Hello! Black Friday has come and gone, and I still have not even started my Christmas shopping. We had a great time yesterday at my mom and dads. We had a great thanksgiving dinner, lots of deserts, then we all settled in and played some games. Electronic Monopoly, then a card game we always play called penalty. Dave had to go to work at 9 so he did not get to stay long, but we did have fun.

On to my cards. This first one is Cheerabella I believe. I received this one in the shoebox swap I did, it was run by Tangii. She goes out of her way doing these swaps and things. I really am thankful for what she does. So in the shoebox swap, is an image, at least 1 6x6 paper, ribbon and embellishments. I like this one I am not sure who it came from but, good choice on the paper and embellies!
This second card is made with paper from my bella sistah Jacquie. I only have her for 1 more day, boo hoo! She has been a great sistah!!! If you play along in Jan and get her, you will not be disappointed!!
Anyway, this is daisy bittybloom, isn't she cute? I love all the bittyblooms available at stamping Bella. They are all way cute.

I managed to get my inside all decorated for Christmas, now to do the outside, maybe tomorrow. Have a great night, see you all later.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hello Everyone. I hope you all had a great thanksgiving day. My thanksgiving is tomorrow. Today we went to my in-laws where they grilled out hamburgers..???... Not quite the thanksgiving I dream of but it was nice to see everyone. So tomorrow my sweet mommy is fixing another thanksgiving dinner for us. My sister and brother will also be there, and we always have a great time playing games and just laughing. I am excited to go there tomorrow.

I managed to create a few cards in the last few days. I found this paper at the expo in Kansas City a few months back. I fell in love with it because I absolutely LOVE monkeys.
I got in touch with my bella sistah, Jacquie Peifer, who happens to be a Stampin up rep, and she hooked me up with this sock monkey stamp. I actually have some blog candy coming up with some of the items I used to make this card so come back soon!!

This next card is the total opposite. It is very busy, but I like how it turned out. All the paper used is from basic grey. This sketch is one I found on Kim's site, which is actually a woj sketch. I am liking these 6x6 cards, lots of room to work with! Have a great night and enjoy the holiday weekend.

a few new cards BSC #48

Good afternoon, I can't seem to find the time to play much right now. I made some time with my friend Friday afternoon, and I made this first card. The image is from a swap, I am not sure what it is, but would like to know because I love it. The paper is Basic Grey, and it is colored with copics.

After Amy went home, our order from stamping Bella arrived. I had to play with one of my new stamps, Francine flapper. Isn't she cute? This is also a sketch from BSC #48. This paper is from the new basic grey urban prairie collection.

I have a lot to do today so I had better go. It is my dads birthday today. happy Birthday Daddy!!
I am fixing dinner for them although they don't know that yet. lol

I also wanted to share that I finally figured out how to put a watermark text on my images. It is soo easy. I downloaded picasa 3, and it is right there as one of the choices with red eye fix, and crop, and there was a box that said add text. how easy is that! I don't really know as if I need to have that info on my pics, but if anyone else was wondering how to do it, that is how I did.

I will see all of you later. thanks for checking in!!

Warm Wishes

Good Monday morning! We had such a busy weekend. My baby girl turned 10 on Friday. I hate that they are growing up. My son turns 9 in a few weeks. It all happens way too fast.
I had a little free time yesterday to make a card, and this is what I came up with. I love this Bella, she just looks so cozy and warm. I want her coat on the cold winter mornings.
I just thought I would share this card, and now I had better get back to work. have a great day all.

Snowfight

Hello, it was such a nice day outside today. nice and warm when I went to work this morning, but, but the time I went home it had gotten windy and chilly. We even have a chance of rain and snow tomorrow night. I thought it was appropriate to do this stamp called snow fight, by Stamping Bella. I felt it was so unfinished, then remembered the cute little snowflake brads that my friend Amy has. So I went and "borrowed" some from her and here it is!! It is basic grey paper again, and I used my off brand nesties for the circles.
I hope you all have a good night!

I spent it all!!

Every last dime is accounted for. I bought a 4 pack of circle nesties from cut at home. They gave me a 40% off coupon for signing up for the newsletter. Thanks to Shannon for pointing me there. I only had to pay $56 for the 4 pack. That is like getting 2 sets free!
Have you seen the pinking circle nesties yet. ohhh I want those, I almost bought them but there are so many more things that I want first.

Then I received a comment from Susan who sent me to themerriartist.com wow they have copic sketch markers for $4.46. I usually pay $6. per marker. so I was happy. They even had free shipping for spending over $95.00. So that tells you a little about how crazy i went in the marker category.

Then I took advantage of the free shipping at Stamping Bella. Did you all see the bitty flower girls? they are so adorable. My friend Amy and I went a little nutso on them.
I am also going to paint and fix up my scrap room a little. Put some shelves up and decorate a little. It is part of the basement, which is Dave's sanctuary also, so I can't go nuts with the pink he said. I am going for a shabby chic look, so if you have any ideas for me, let me know please. I will have to post some pics of my room now. So there you have it, I spent like mad, and I think I saved just enough to get a new purse too. have a good one everybody!! Don't forget to vote!

Christmas cards

Yeah!! Halloween is over and that means Christmas music on the radio!! I LOVE the Christmas season. This is the best time of the year. I bought this basic grey pack called Figgy Pudding at Hobby Lobby for 50% OFF. I love it. I used it to make the Bella card. The snowman card was made with basic Grey also, but the paper is from the Fruitcake collection. This is quickly becoming my favorite paper company!!

So I received some money for my birthday. I am debating on what to get. I would like to get some of the nestabilities. I also would like some more shelves in my scrap room, or possibly some more copics. I am the most undecided person ever. i know that my mom or Amy will chime in on that statement. Dave bought me an alarm clock, that is also an ipod dock. Well I actually took it back because it was sooo bright that I could not sleep. The next one was too bright also, then the next one had a teeny tiny display that I could not see too well with out my glasses. So the fourth and final one is perfect. i do this all the time. My camera, my ipod,(I actually have had 6 diff ones before I decided on the one I kept).
I went off track a little there, the point is I can't decide what to get. What would you get with $300.00!!!???

Halloween pics

Hope everyone had a happy Halloween! We usually take our kids to great grandmas, then both sets of grandparents houses. They have never really gotten to go trick or treating. So this year, we decided to stay home and let the kids trick or treat. Dave took them and a few friends around the neighborhood and they had a ball. i stayed home and passed out candy to the kiddos. It was different than what we are used to, but we all had a good time.